A biomechanical model for soft tissue simulation in craniofacial surgery

Author

Gladilin, E. ; Zachow, S. ; Deuflhard, P. ; Hege, H.-C.

Author_Institution

Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum fur Informationstech. Berlin, Germany

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

137

Lastpage

141

Abstract

Soft tissue prediction is an important additional criterion in surgical planning. Especially in craniofacial surgery the realistic prediction of a patient´s postoperative appearance is of utmost importance. A physically based modeling approach seems to be most suitable for the achievement of realistic results. However the properties of biological structures are highly complex and scarcely investigated, thus simplified models are often applied. In this paper we describe our FE based modeling approach for static soft tissue prediction and muscle muscle simulation

Keywords

finite element analysis; medical image processing; surgery; FE based modeling approach; biomechanical model; craniofacial surgery; muscle muscle simulation; physically based modeling approach; postoperative appearance; soft tissue prediction; soft tissue simulation; Biological system modeling; Biological tissues; Capacitive sensors; Deformable models; Iron; Muscles; Predictive models; Solid modeling; Surgery; Tensile stress;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Medical Imaging and Augmented Reality, 2001. Proceedings. International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Shatin, Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1113-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIAR.2001.930276

Filename

930276