Development of high-quality hexahedral human brain meshes using feature-based multi-block approach

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 271-279

  Mao, Haojie ^a   Gao, Haitao ^b   Cao, Libo ^b   Genthikatti, Vinay Veeranna ^a   Yang, King H ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

brain injury; finite element method; hexahedral mesh; multi block technique; patient specific model; subject specific model

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; HEXAHEDRAL MESH; MULTI-BLOCK TECHNIQUES; PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELS; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BRAIN MODELS; PEDIATRICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873897730     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2011.617005     Document Type: Article

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