Automatic generation of hexahedral and tetrahedral meshes.
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In this paper we present in depth one of the preprocessing steps of our software system for the simulation of soft tissue behaviour and biomechanical processes. The entire system can be used by surgeons for preoperative planning and prediction of postoperative results. The software creates a pipeline to automatically construct meshed datasets for finite element modelling from presegmented patient data.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Biomedizinische Technik. Biomedical engineering
دوره 47 Suppl 1 Pt 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002