Paper Info
Title
A subject-specific software solution for the modeling and the visualization of muscles deformations
Abstract
Today, to create and to simulate a virtual anatomical version of a subject is useful in the decision process of surgical treatments. The muscular activity is one of the factors which can contribute to abnormal movements such as in spasticity or static contracture. In this paper, we propose a numerical solution, based on the Finite Element (FE) method, able to estimate muscles deformations during contraction. Organized around a finite element solver and a volumetric environment, this solution is made of all the modeling and simulation processes from the discretization of the studied domain to the visualization of the results. The choices of materials and properties of the FE model are also presented such as the hyperelasticity, the contention model based on inter-meshes neighboring nodes pairing, and the estimation of nodal forces based on the subject-specific muscular forces and action lines.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1007/s00371-009-0313-9
The Visual Computer: International Journal of Computer Graphics - Special Issue 3D Physiological Human
Keywords
Field
DocType
abnormal movement,action line,FE model,decision process,finite element solver,Finite Element,muscular activity,muscles deformation,subject-specific muscular force,contention model,subject-specific software solution,numerical solution
Discretization,Mathematical optimization,Hyperelastic material,Computer science,Modeling and simulation,Visualization,Simulation,Algorithm,Finite element method,Pairing,Software,Decision process
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
25
9
1432-2315
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.44
4
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Xavier Maurice160.88
Anders Sandholm222723.39
Nicolas Pronost3416.94
Ronan Boulic41325147.71
Daniel Thalmann54940637.85