Patient-specific finite element modeling of respiratory lung motion using 4D CT image data

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1500-1511

  Werner, Reń ^a   Ehrhardt, Jan ^a   Schmidt, Rainer ^a   Handels, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

4D CT; Biophysical modeling; FEM; Respiratory motion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTICITY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TIME AND MOTION STUDY; TUMORS;

BIOMECHANICAL PARAMETERS; BIOPHYSICAL MODEL; COMPUTER AIDED MODELING; ELASTICITY PROPERTIES; MEAN ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCES; PATIENT SPECIFIC MODEL; PATIENT-SPECIFIC FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BREATHING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELASTICITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOUR DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; LUNG; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TUMOR; LUNG VENTILATION; MOTION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THORAX TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 65449147454     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3101820     Document Type: Article

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