PelvicSim - A computational-experimental system for biomechanical evaluation of female pelvic floor organ disorders and associated minimally invasive interventions

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 119, Issue , 2006, Pages 182-187

  Haridas, Balakrishna ^a   Hong, Hyundae ^b   Minoguchi, Ryo ^b   Owens, Steve ^c   Osborn, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^c Kinetic Vision   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon Loading and Pressure Sensing; Female pelvic organ disorders; In Vivo Measurement; In Vivo Tissue Properties; Inverse finite element analysis; MR Imaging and 3D reconstruction; Nonlinear finite element modeling; Nonlinear hyperviscoelastic constitutive models; Stress Relaxation; Tissue Deflection; Ultrasound B mode and M Mode Imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; FLOORS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICINE; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS RELAXATION; SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TISSUE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

3D RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE PELVIC; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; INVERSE FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; PRESSURE SENSING; ULTRASOUND B MODES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PELVIS FLOOR; UNITED STATES;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC FLOOR; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33645740702     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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