Finite element mesh generation and remeshing from segmented medical images

2004 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Macro to Nano

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 420-423

  Mohamed, Ashraf ^a   Davatzikos, Christos ^b  

^a Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AUTOMATIC MESHING; CONSTRAINED DELUANAY TRIANGULATION (CDT); MECHANICAL PROBLEMS; SEGMENTED MEDICAL IMAGES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 17144376788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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