Inhalation pressure distributions for medical gas mixtures calculated in an infant airway morphology model.

abstract：:To extend the use of computational techniques like finite element analysis to clinical settings, it would be beneficial to have the ability to generate a unique model for every subject quickly and efficiently. This work is an extension of two previously developed mapped meshing tools that utilised force and displaceme...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Kallemeyn NA,Natarajan A,Magnotta VA,Grosland NM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenotype expression in X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy is one of the most intriguing issues of the disease, because there is no general correlation between the type of ABCD1 gene mutation and the clinical phenotype. In this study, we use the cross-impact analysis to build a descriptively quantitative relationship b...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Yan S,Wu G

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When designing any rehabilitation, sportswear or exoskeleton device the mechanical behaviour of the body segment must be known, specifically the skin, because an excessive tissue strain may lead to ulceration and bedsores. To date, it is not known if the kinematic variability between subjects have an effect on the ski...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Barrios-Muriel J,Romero Sánchez F,Alonso Sánchez FJ,Rodríguez Salgado D

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis (OP) is common with advancing age. Several studies have shown a strong correlation between OP and otosclerosis. However, no studies have investigated OP of the malleus, incus or stapes in the human middle ear, its effect on middle ear transfer function. Here, we investigate whether these three ossicles de...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Zhou L,Shen N,Feng M,Liu H,Duan M,Huang X

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to develop a generic musculoskeletal model of a healthy 10-year-old child and examine the effects of geometric scaling on the calculated values of lower-limb muscle forces during gait. Subject-specific musculoskeletal models of five healthy children were developed from in vivo MRI data, and t...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Hainisch R,Kranzl A,Lin YC,Pandy MG,Gfoehler M

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) is a 3D spinal deformity characterized by curvature and rotation of the spine. Markerless surface topography (ST) analysis has been proposed for diagnosing and monitoring AIS to reduce the X-ray radiation exposure to patients. This method captures scans of the cosmetic deformity o...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Ghaneei M,Ekyalimpa R,Westover L,Parent EC,Adeeb S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In electromagnetic dosimetry, anatomical human models are commonly obtained by segmentation of magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography scans. In this paper, a human head model extracted from thermal infrared images is examined in terms of its applicability to specific absorption rate (SAR) calculations. Sinc...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Gasmelseed A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fretting and corrosion at the taper-head interface in total hip arthroplasty has been reported as a potential cause of early failure of the implant system. The finite element (FE) method can be used to study the mechanics at the taper junction that are difficult to assess experimentally. Taper mismatch is one of the f...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Bitter T,Khan I,Marriott T,Lovelady E,Verdonschot N,Janssen D

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is challenging to measure the finger's kinematics of underlying bones in vivo. This paper presents a new method of finger kinematics measurement, using a geometric finger model and several markers deliberately stuck on skin surface. Using a multiple-view camera system, the optimal motion parameters of finger model ...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Chang CW,Kuo LC,Jou IM,Su FC,Sun YN

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blunt and rotational head impacts due to vehicular collisions, falls and contact sports cause relative motion between the brain and skull. This increases the normal and shear stresses in the (skull/brain) interface region consisting of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and subarachnoid space (SAS) trabeculae. The relative mot...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Zoghi-Moghadam M,Sadegh AM

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is aimed at setting a method of experimental parameter estimation for large-deforming nonlinear viscoelastic continuous fibre-reinforced composite material model. Specifically, arterial tissue was investigated during experimental research and parameter estimation studies, due to medical, scientific and soci...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Sunbuloglu E,Bozdag E,Toprak T,Islak C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many methods developed for estimating the reliability of protein-protein interactions are based on the topology of protein-protein interaction networks. This paper describes a new reliability measure for protein-protein interactions, which does not rely on the topology of protein interaction networks, but expresses bi...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Park B,Han K

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modeling tumor growth in biological systems is a challenging problem with important consequences for diagnosis and treatment of various forms of cancer. This growth process requires large simulation complexity due to evolving biological and chemical processes in living tissue and interactions of cellular and vascular ...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Puzyrev V,Łoś M,Gurgul G,Calo V,Dzwinel W,Paszyński M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computational model of an oscillatory laminar flow of an incompressible Newtonian fluid has been carried out in the proximal part of human tracheobronchial trees, either normal or with a strongly stenosed right main bronchus. After acquisition with a multislice spiral CT, the thoracic images are processed to reconst...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Fetita C,Mancini S,Perchet D,Prêteux F,Thiriet M,Vial L

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is focused on the role of anisotropic elasticity in the simulation of the load distribution in a human mandible, due to a lateral bite on the leftmost premolar. Based on experimental evidence, orthotropy of the elastic properties of the bone tissue has been adopted. The trajectories of anisotropic elastic...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Kober C,Erdmann B,Hellmich C,Sader R,Zeilhofer HF

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recently presented solution method for the bidomain model (Johnston et al. 2006), which involves the application of direct current for studying electrical potential in a slab of cardiac tissue, is extended here to allow the use of an applied alternating current. The advantage of using AC current, in a four-electrode...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Johnston BM,Johnston PR,Kilpatrick D

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we present a technique to semi-automatically quantify the epicardial fat in non-contrasted computed tomography (CT) images. The epicardial fat is very close to the pericardial fat, being separated only by the pericardium that appears in the image as a very thin line, which is hard to detect. Therefore, a...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Barbosa JG,Figueiredo B,Bettencourt N,Tavares JM

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To analyze the biomechanical effect of syndesmotic screw through three and four cortices, a total of 12 finite element models simulating healthy ankles, tibiofibular syndesmosis injured ankles, and post-operative ankles by screw fixations through three or four cortices were built. A set of biomechanical data were obta...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Li H,Chen Y,Qiang M,Zhang K,Jiang Y,Zhang Y,Jia X

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The magnitude and distribution of bone and muscle mass within limbs affect limb inertial properties, maximum movement speed and the energy required to maintain submaximal movements. Musculoskeletal modeling and movement simulations were used to determine how changes in bone and muscle cross-sectional area (and thus ma...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Dellanini L,Hawkins D,Martin B,Stover S

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a biomechanical analysis of the cervical C5-C6 functional spine unit before and after the anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. The aim of this work is to study the influence of the medical procedure and its instrumentation on range of motion and stress distribution. First, a three-dimensional f...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Fernandes PC,Fernandes PR,Folgado JO,Levy Melancia J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burns in the airway from inhaling hot gases lead to one of the most common causes of death in the United States. In order to navigate tissues with large burn areas, the velocity, temperature, and heat flux distributions throughout the human airway system are computed for the inhalation of hot air using the finite-elem...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Park S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Being seated for long periods, while part of many leisure or occupational activities, can lead to discomfort, pain and sometimes health issues. The impact of prolonged sitting on the body has been widely studied in the literature, with a large number of human-body finite element models developed to simulate sitting an...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Savonnet L,Wang X,Duprey S

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents the ankle ligament strains and ankle joint moments during an accidental injury event diagnosed as a grade I anterior talofibular ligament (ATaFL) sprain. A male athlete accidentally sprained his ankle while performing a cutting motion in a laboratory setting. The kinematic data were input to a thre...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Wei F,Fong DT,Chan KM,Haut RC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to have research on the deformation characteristics and mechanical properties of human red blood cells (RBCs), finite element models of RBC optical tweezers stretching and atomic force microscope (AFM) indentation were established. Non-linear elasticity of cell membrane was determined by using the neo-Hookean...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Wang Y,Sang J,Ao R,Ma Y,Fu B

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pedestrians are the most vulnerable road user and represent about 23% of the road traffic deaths in the world. A finite element (FE) model corresponding to a 5th percentile female pedestrian (F05-PS) was developed by morphing the Global Human Body Models Consortium (GHBMC) 50th percentile male pedestrian (M50-PS) mode...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Pak W,Meng Y,Schap J,Koya B,Gayzik FS,Untaroiu CD

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a procedure for characterising the mechanical properties of skin using stochastic inverse identification. It is based on the minimisation of a cost function relative to the comparison between experimental suction experiments and their corresponding finite element models. Two different models are co...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Delalleau A,Josse G,Lagarde JM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of finite element (FE) foot model as a clinical diagnostics tool is likely to improve the specificity of foot injury predictions in the diabetic population. Here we proposed a novel workflow for rapid construction of foot FE model incorporating realistic geometry of metatarsals encapsulated into lumped forefoot's ...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Chen WM,Lee SJ,Lee PVS

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article presents advanced computer simulations aimed at the accurate modelling of human tibio-femoral joints (TFJs) in terms of anatomy, physiological loading and constitutive behaviour of the tissues. The main objective of this research is to demonstrate the implications that the implementation of different artic...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Mattei L,Campioni E,Accardi MA,Dini D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In some cases of aortic valve leaflet disease, the implant of a stentless biological prosthesis represents an excellent option for aortic valve replacement (AVR). In particular, if compared with the implant of mechanical valves, it provides a more physiological haemodynamic performance and a reduced thrombogeneticity,...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Auricchio F,Conti M,Ferrara A,Morganti S,Reali A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The flow effect on the concentration of platelet active substances in the vicinity of a mural microthrombus is investigated numerically. A three-dimensional model is employed in which the mural microthrombus is modelled as a semisphere attached to a plane surface. The description of the blood flow uses the three-dimen...

journal_title：Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering

authors： Karner G,Perktold K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00