Simulation of vaginal wall biomechanical properties from pelvic floor closure forces map

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 163, Issue , 2011, Pages 218-223

  Hasegawa, Shin ^a   Yoshida, Yuki ^a   Wei, Daming ^a   Omata, Sadao ^b   Constantinou, Christos E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AIZU   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pelvic floor muscle; SUI; Vaginal wall simulation

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DEFORMATION; MUSCLE; PROBES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CONTRACT FORCE; CONTROL SUBJECT; IN-CONTROL; SIMULATION MODEL; SPRING MASS MODELS; VAGINAL WALL SIMULATION; WALL DEFORMATION;

FLOORS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; STRESS INCONTINENCE; VAGINA; YOUNG MODULUS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIC FLOOR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; VAGINA;

EID: 79953063726     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-706-2-218     Document Type: Conference Paper

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