Medical Simulation: International Symposium, ISMS 2004, Cambridge, MA, USA, June 17-18, 2004. Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
Experimental Observation and Modelling of Preconditioning in Soft Biological Tissues....Pages 1-8
The Effects of Testing Environment on the Viscoelastic Properties of Soft Tissues....Pages 9-18
Comparison of Linear and Non-linear Soft Tissue Models with Post-operative CT Scan in Maxillofacial Surgery....Pages 19-27
Characterization of Soft-Tissue Material Properties: Large Deformation Analysis....Pages 28-37
Design, Development, and Testing of an Automated Laparoscopic Grasper with 3-D Force Measurement Capability....Pages 38-48
A Finite Element Study of the Influence of the Osteotomy Surface on the Backward Displacement during Exophthalmia Reduction....Pages 49-58
Liver Vessel Parameter Estimation from Tactile Imaging Information....Pages 59-66
A Nonlinear Finite Element Model of Soft Tissue Indentation....Pages 67-76
Indentation for Estimating the Human Tongue Soft Tissues Constitutive Law: Application to a 3D Biomechanical Model....Pages 77-83
Comparison of Knee Cruciate Ligaments Models Using In-vivo Step Up-Down Kinematics....Pages 84-91
Multigrid Integration for Interactive Deformable Body Simulation....Pages 92-104
A Suture Model for Surgical Simulation....Pages 105-113
Real-Time Incision Simulation Using Discontinuous Free Form Deformation....Pages 114-123
An Interactive Parallel Multigrid FEM Simulator....Pages 124-133
On Extended Finite Element Method (XFEM) for Modelling of Organ Deformations Associated with Surgical Cuts....Pages 134-143
Mechanical Representation of Shape-Retaining Chain Linked Model for Real-Time Haptic Rendering....Pages 144-152
Interactive Real-Time Simulation of the Internal Limiting Membrane....Pages 153-160
Haptic Display for All Degrees of Freedom of a Simulator for Flexible Endoscopy....Pages 161-167
Surface Contact and Reaction Force Models for Laparoscopic Simulation....Pages 168-176
A New Methodology to Characterize Sensory Interaction for Use in Laparoscopic Surgery Simulation....Pages 177-184
A Study on the Perception of Haptics in Surgical Simulation....Pages 185-192
Image-Guided Analysis of Shoulder Pathologies: Modelling the 3D Deformation of the Subacromial Space during Arm Flexion and Abduction....Pages 193-202
The Application of Embedded and Tubular Structure to Tissue Identification for the Computation of Patient-Specific Neurosurgical Simulation Models....Pages 203-210
Soft Tissue Surface Scanning – A Comparison of Commercial 3D Object Scanners for Surgical Simulation Content Creation and Medical Education Applications....Pages 211-220
Coherent Scene Generation for Surgical Simulators....Pages 221-229
Build-and-Insert: Anatomical Structure Generation for Surgical Simulators....Pages 230-239
GiPSi: An Open Source/Open Architecture Software Development Framework for Surgical Simulation....Pages 240-248
CathI – Training System for PTCA. A Step Closer to Reality....Pages 249-255
Physical Model Language: Towards a Unified Representation for Continuous and Discrete Models....Pages 256-266
Multi-axis Mechanical Simulator for Epidural Needle Insertion....Pages 267-276
Towards a Complete Intra-operative CT-Free Navigation System for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction....Pages 277-286
A Framework for Biomechanical Simulation of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery Interventions....Pages 287-294
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