IA-FEMesh: An open-source, interactive, multiblock approach to anatomic finite element model development

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-107

  Grosland, Nicole M ^a,b   Shivanna, Kiran H ^a   Magnotta, Vincent A ^a,b   Kallemeyn, Nicole A ^a   DeVries, Nicole A ^a   Tadepalli, Srinivas C ^a   Lisle, Curtis ^c  

^a IA United States   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c KnowledgeVis LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic models; Finite element method; Mesh generation; Multiblock mesh; Open source software

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC MODELS; FE MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HEXAHEDRAL MESH GENERATIONS; MESH QUALITIES; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MULTIBLOCK MESH; OPEN SOURCES; OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE; SKELETAL STRUCTURES; USER FRIENDLY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; MESH GENERATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 60049096092     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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