Title :
Toward the Simulation of the Strain of Female Pelvic Organs
Author :
Bellemare, M.-E. ; Pirro, N. ; Marsac, L. ; Durieux, O.
Author_Institution :
Domaine Univ. de St Jerome, Marseille
Abstract :
Surgical simulators have undergone a significant development, especially since the rise of mini-invasive surgery. The main simulators of digestive surgery have been developed for solid organs such as the liver and spleen. Studies relating to soft tissues like the pelvic organs are rare. The aim of this work was to create a model of female pelvis that will be used as a basis for the development of a patient specific pelvic simulator. A dynamic MRI acquisition is used to evaluate and to set the simulation model.
Keywords :
biological organs; biomechanics; biomedical MRI; digital simulation; image segmentation; medical image processing; physiological models; surgery; dynamic MRI acquisition; female pelvic organs; image segmentation; miniinvasive surgery; patient specific pelvic strain simulator; surgical simulators; Biological tissues; Capacitive sensors; Diseases; Floors; Image segmentation; Liver; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pelvis; Solid modeling; Surgery; Computer Simulation; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Models, Anatomic; Pelvis;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lyon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0787-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352898
