Subject-specific biomechanical simulation of brain indentation using a meshless method

• Published in: Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention : MICCAI ... International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention Vol. 10; no. Pt 1; p. 541
• Main Authors: Horton, Ashley, Wittek, Adam, Miller, Karol
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 2007
• Subjects: Animals; Biomechanical Phenomena - methods; Brain - physiology; Brain - surgery; Computer Simulation; Elasticity; Finite Element Analysis; Hardness; Models, Neurological; Physical Stimulation - methods; Stress, Mechanical; Swine

We develop a meshless method for simulating soft organ deformation. The method is motivated by simple, automatic model creation for real-time simulation. Our method is meshless in the sense that deformation is calculated at nodes that are not part of an element mesh. Node placement is almost arbitra...