Methods for high-resolution anisotropic finite element modeling of the human head: Automatic MR white matter anisotropy-adaptive mesh generation

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-98

  Lee, Won Hee ^a   Kim, Tae Seong ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bioelectromagnetism; DT MRI; Finite element method; Mesh generation; MRI; White matter anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ANALYSIS; ADAPTIVE MESHING; ANALYSIS RESULTS; ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVITY; ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTION; ANISOTROPIC FINITE ELEMENTS; BIOELECTROMAGNETISM; COMPARISON RESULT; CURRENT SOURCES; DIFFUSION TENSOR; DIRECTIONAL CHANGES; DT-MRI; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENTS; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GENERATION PROCESS; GENERATION TECHNIQUES; HEAD MODEL; HEAD MODELING; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN BRAIN; HUMAN HEAD; MAGNIFICATION FACTORS; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; REGULAR MESHES; STATISTICAL MEASURES; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; TISSUE CONDUCTIVITY; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER ANISOTROPY;

BRAIN MODELS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MESH GENERATION; TISSUE;

ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; AUTOMATION; BRAIN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84855802900     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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