Finite element simulation of interactions between pelvic organs: Predictive model of the prostate motion in the context of radiotherapy

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1862-1868

  Boubaker, Mohamed Bader ^a   Haboussi, Mohamed ^a   Ganghoffer, Jean François ^a   Aletti, Pierre ^b,c  

^a NANCY UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CENTRE ALEXIS VAUTRIN   (France)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN AUTOMATIQUE DE NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Finite element modelling; Prostate motion; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

APPLIED LOADING; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTITUTIVE LAW; CONSTITUTIVE PARAMETERS; CONTACT CONDITIONS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; DISCRETIZATIONS; ELASTIC TISSUES; FE MODEL; FE-SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FIRST ORDER; HYPER ELASTIC; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; ORGAN MOTION; PREDICTIVE MODELS; PROSTATE CANCERS; PROSTATE MOTION; RELATIVE ERRORS; SMALL STRAINS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; VOLUME DISCRETIZATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM; SIMULATION;

BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; PELVIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTUM; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 68149172793     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.05.022     Document Type: Article

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