Automating 3D meshing method for patient-specific modeling

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 42, Issue , 2006, Pages 199-204

  Guan, Yabo ^a   Zhang, Jiangyue ^a   Yoganandan, Narayan ^a   Pintar, Frank A ^a   Muszynski, Cheryl A ^a   Gennarelli, Thomas A ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element; Infant head; Mesh generation; Patient specific model

Indexed keywords

BONE; BRAIN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; INSTRUMENTS; LANDFORMS; MESH GENERATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AUTOMATING MESHING METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT MESHES; INFANT HEADS; PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELS;

PATIENT MONITORING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; BIOMECHANICS; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL SUTURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MESH; MODEL; SKULL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ACCELERATION; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INFANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

CRANIAL BONE; CT DATA; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MESHES; INFANT HEAD; PATIENT SPECIFIC MODEL; PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING; STATIC AND DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 70449441670     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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