Automatic Modeling of Anatomical Structures for Biomechanical Analysis and Visualization in a Virtual Spine Workstation (original) (raw)

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With the advances in medical imaging, we can now extract quantitative information about human anatomical structures in three dimensions from images of various modalities. But visualization of anatomical structures and finite element analysis are two technical problems for representation of biomedical objects and simulation of physiological behavior. We describe the component of our workstation that contributes to the automatic generation of 3D physical-based meshes used in biomechanical engineering analysis and visualization of complex anatomical structures. This component extends the provision of visual information of the human spine to physical-based analysis for predicting the effects of treatment. These effects range from instrumentation in deformity correction, treatments on the courses of nerves and the resulting strains to the eventual interaction between bone and implants. One of the first applications of our approach was the used of the physical-based model to investigate the injury to human spine among airforce pilots in high G flying.

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  1. Biomedical Lab, Kent Ridge Digital Lab, Singapore
    Xuesong Chen, Chee-Kong Chui & Wieslaw L. Nowinski
  2. Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering & BIOMAT, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Swee-Hin Teoh & Sim-Heng Ong

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  1. Xuesong Chen
  2. Chee-Kong Chui
  3. Swee-Hin Teoh
  4. Sim-Heng Ong
  5. Wieslaw L. Nowinski

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  1. Image Sciences Institute, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Wiro J. Niessen & Max A. Viergever &

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Chen, X., Chui, CK., Teoh, SH., Ong, SH., Nowinski, W.L. (2001). Automatic Modeling of Anatomical Structures for Biomechanical Analysis and Visualization in a Virtual Spine Workstation. In: Niessen, W.J., Viergever, M.A. (eds) Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2001. MICCAI 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2208. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45468-3\_148

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