Biomedical Simulation: 4th International Symposium, ISBMS 2008, London, UK, July 7-8, 2008 Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
Physically Based Finite Element Model of the Face....Pages 1-10
On the Application of Model Reduction Techniques to Real-Time Simulation of Non-linear tissues....Pages 11-18
Constitutive Modelling of Endothelium Denudation for Finite Element Simulation of Angioplasty....Pages 19-27
Efficient Nonlinear FEM for Soft Tissue Modelling and Its GPU Implementation within the Open Source Framework SOFA....Pages 28-39
Biquadratic and Quadratic Springs for Modeling St Venant Kirchhoff Materials....Pages 40-48
Exploring Parallel Algorithms for Volumetric Mass-Spring-Damper Models in CUDA....Pages 49-58
An Integrated Approach for Reconstructing a Surface Model of the Proximal Femur from Sparse Input Data and a Multi-Level Point Distribution Model....Pages 59-68
Coupling Deformable Models for Multi-object Segmentation....Pages 69-78
Modelling Prostate Gland Motion for Image-Guided Interventions....Pages 79-88
A Real-Time Predictive Simulation of Abdominal Organ Positions Induced by Free Breathing....Pages 89-97
Effect of Friction and Material Compressibility on Deformable Modeling of Human Lung....Pages 98-106
Simulating Mechanism of Brain Injury During Closed Head Impact....Pages 107-118
Mechanism and Localization of Wall Failure During Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Formation....Pages 119-126
Segmentation and 3D Reconstruction Approaches for the Design of Laparoscopic Augmented Reality Environments....Pages 127-134
Deforming a High-Resolution Mesh in Real-Time by Mapping onto a Low-Resolution Physical Model....Pages 135-146
Versatile Design of Changing Mesh Topologies for Surgery Simulation....Pages 147-156
Contact Model for Haptic Medical Simulations....Pages 157-165
Estimation of the Fracture Toughness of Soft Tissue from Needle Insertion....Pages 166-175
Towards a Framework for Assessing Deformable Models in Medical Simulation....Pages 176-184
Image Guidance and Surgery Simulation Using Inverse Nonlinear Finite Element Methods....Pages 185-190
Laparoscopic Tool Tracking Method for Augmented Reality Surgical Applications....Pages 191-196
Coronary Motion Modelling for Augmented Reality Guidance of Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass....Pages 197-202
Quantifying Effects of Class I Anti-arrhythmic Drugs in Human Virtual Cardiac Tissues....Pages 203-208
Development of a Microscope Embedded Training System for Neurosurgery....Pages 209-214
A Virtual Environment for Core Skills Training in Vascular Interventional Radiology....Pages 215-220
Modelling Organ Deformation Using Mass-Springs and Tensional Integrity....Pages 221-226
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