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MBEC
2011
198views more  MBEC 2011»
13 years 6 months ago
Clinically oriented real-time monitoring of the individual's risk for deep tissue injury
Spinal cord injury patients are under daily risk for developing deep tissue injury which is a severe pressure ulcer that initiates in soft tissues at the bones’ proximity. We aim...
Sigal Portnoy, Nicolas Vuillerme, Yohan Payan, Ami...
VMV
2001
116views Visualization» more  VMV 2001»
14 years 24 days ago
Towards a Realistic Simulation of Individual Facial Mimics
Besides the static soft tissue prediction in surgery simulation, the estimation of postoperative facial mimics is another important criterion for the evaluation of surgery plannin...
Evgeny Gladilin, Stefan Zachow, Peter Deuflhard, H...
CARS
2003
14 years 25 days ago
Measuring grasping and cutting forces for reality-based haptic modeling
The modeling of grasping and cutting in surgery are two fundamental tasks that must be achieved for the development of a reality-based haptic interface in robot-assisted surgery. C...
Gregory Tholey, Teeranoot Chanthasopeephan, Tie Hu...
CARS
2004
14 years 25 days ago
Evaluating soft tissue simulation in maxillofacial surgery using preoperative and postoperative CT scans
One of the most important issue in soft tissue modeling is to assess the quality of the simulations. A validation protocol is presented based on two CT scans of the patient acquire...
Matthieu Chabanas, Christophe Marecaux, Franz Chou...
MICCAI
2000
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Modifying Soft Tissue Models: Progressive Cutting with Minimal New Element Creation
Surgical simulation is a promising technology for training medical students and planning procedures. One major requirement for these simulation systems is a method to generate real...
Andrew B. Mor, Takeo Kanade
SIGGRAPH
1996
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Simulating Facial Surgery Using Finite Element Models
This paper describes a prototype system for surgical planning and prediction of human facial shape after craniofacial and maxillofacial surgery for patients with facial deformitie...
Rolf M. Koch, Markus H. Gross, Friedrich R. Carls,...
ISBMS
2010
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
LASTIC: A Light Aspiration Device for in vivo Soft TIssue Characterization
This paper introduces a new Light Aspiration device for in vivo Soft TIssue Characterization (LASTIC). This device is designed to be used during surgery, and can undergo sterilizat...
Patrick Schiavone, Emmanuel Promayon, Yohan Payan
ICRA
2002
IEEE
152views Robotics» more  ICRA 2002»
14 years 4 months ago
Needle Insertion Modelling and Simulation
Abstract—A methodology for estimating the force distribution that occurs along a needle shaft during insertion is described. To validate the approach, an experimental system for ...
Simon P. DiMaio, S. E. Salcudean
IS4TH
2003
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Modelling of Facial Soft Tissue Growth for Maxillofacial Surgery Planning Environments
When maxillofacial surgery is proposed as a treatment for a patient, the type of osteotomy and its influence on the facial contour is of major interest. To design the optimal surg...
Patrick Vandewalle, Filip Schutyser, Johan Van Cle...
BIBE
2003
IEEE
105views Bioinformatics» more  BIBE 2003»
14 years 4 months ago
Prostate Gland and Extra-Capsular Tissue 3D Reconstruction and Measurement
Currently there are little objective parameters that can quantify the success of one form of prostate surgical removal over another. Accordingly, at Old Dominion University (ODU) ...
Frederic Rick McKenzie, Rania Hussein, Jennifer Se...