Computational Biomechanics for Medicine

✍ Scribed by Perumal Nithiarasu (auth.), Karol Miller, Poul M.F. Nielsen (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 159
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Mathematical modelling and computer simulation have proved tremendously successful in engineering. One of the greatest challenges for mechanists is to extend the success of computational mechanics to fields outside traditional engineering, in particular to biology, biomedical sciences, and medicine. The proposed workshop will provide an opportunity for computational biomechanics specialists to present and exchange opinions on the opportunities of applying their techniques to computer-integrated medicine. For example, continuum mechanics models provide a rational basis for analysing biomedical images by constraining the solution to biologically reasonable motions and processes. Biomechanical modelling can also provide clinically important information about the physical status of the underlying biology, integrating information across molecular, tissue, organ, and organism scales. The main goal of this workshop is to showcase the clinical and scientific utility of computational biomechanics in computer-integrated medicine.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Patient-Specific Modelling of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Flow Problems – Challenges....Pages 3-3
MRI Tissue Segmentation Using a Variational Multilayer Approach....Pages 5-16
Mapping Microcalcifications Between 2D Mammograms and 3D MRI Using a Biomechanical Model of the Breast....Pages 17-28
Accuracy of Non-linear FE Modelling for Surgical Simulation: Study Using Soft Tissue Phantom....Pages 29-41
Patient-Specific Hemodynamic Analysis for Proximal Protection in Carotid Angioplasty....Pages 43-52
Cortical Surface Motion Estimation for Brain Shift Prediction....Pages 53-62
Method for Validating Breast Compression Models Using Normalised Cross-Correlation....Pages 63-71
Can Vascular Dynamics Cause Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus?....Pages 73-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Computational Modelling of Human Gait: Muscle Coordination of Walking and Running....Pages 83-83
Influence of Smoothing on Voxel-Based Mesh Accuracy in Micro-Finite Element....Pages 85-93
Biomaterial Surface Characteristics Modulate the Outcome of Bone Regeneration Around Endosseous Oral Implants: In Silico Modeling and Simulation....Pages 95-106
Subject-Specific Ligament Models: Toward Real-Time Simulation of the Knee Joint....Pages 107-119
Ergonomic Assessment of Hand Movements in Laparoscopic Surgery Using the CyberGlove ® ....Pages 121-128
Effects of Fetal Head Motion on Pelvic Floor Mechanics....Pages 129-137
Novel Monitoring Method of Proximal Caries Using Digital Subtraction Radiography....Pages 139-146
Back Matter....Pages 147-155

✦ Subjects

Biomedical Engineering;Biophysics and Biological Physics;Simulation and Modeling;Surgery