Biomechanical simulation of the fetal descent without imposed theoretical trajectory

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 389-401

  Buttin, Romain ^a,b   Zara, Florence ^a   Shariat, Behzad ^a   Redarce, Tanneguy ^b   Grangé, Gilles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

Biomechanical modeling of organs; Fetal descent; Finite Element model; Medical training

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL MODELING; BIOMECHANICAL SIMULATION; CHILDBIRTH SIMULATORS; FETAL DESCENT; MEDICAL TRAINING; NUMERICAL RESOLUTION; THEORETICAL TRAJECTORY; UTERINE CONTRACTIONS;

BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MUSCLE; SIMULATORS;

OBSTETRICS;

ABDOMEN; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRTH; CHILDBIRTH; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DELIVERY; DEVICES; GENITAL SYSTEM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PELVIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; UTERUS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BIOMECHANICAL MODELING OF ORGANS; FETAL DESCENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; MEDICAL TRAINING;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OBSTETRICS; PARTURITION; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 84880037777     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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