Atlas-Based Automatic Generation of Subject-Specific Finite Element Tongue Meshes

• Published in: Annals of biomedical engineering Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 16 - 34
• Main Authors: Bijar, Ahmad, Rohan, Pierre-Yves, Perrier, Pascal, Payan, Yohan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.01.2016; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Series: Special Issue: Computational Biomechanics for Patient-Specific Applications
• Subjects: Automation; Biochemistry; Biological and Medical Physics; Biomechanics; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering; Biomedicine; Biophysics; Classical Mechanics; Computational Biomechanics for Patient-Specific Applications; Computer simulation; Engineering Sciences; Female; Finite element method; Humans; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Mechanics; Mesh generation; Radiography; Three dimensional; Tongue; Tongue - diagnostic imaging; Tongue Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Transformations; Biomechanical simulation; Finite element model; Mesh morphing; Patient-specific; Tongue model; Volume image registration; Biomedical Engineering

Generation of subject-specific 3D finite element (FE) models requires the processing of numerous medical images in order to precisely extract geometrical information about subject-specific anatomy. This processing remains extremely challenging. To overcome this difficulty, we present an automatic at...