In this paper, we propose an easy-to-use real-time method to simulate realistic deformation of human skin. We utilize the fact that various skin deformations such as wrinkles, bulging and protruding bones can be categorized into various deformation patterns. A deformation pattern for a local skin region is represented using a dynamic height map. Users of our system specify a region of the body ...

Abstract This article considers a thin-walled hollow cylinder, which is composed of fibrous and swellable hyperelastic material. The fibers are arranged in two families they taken to be parallel within each fiber family. also assumed mechanically equivalent symmetrically disposed the ground substance At instant homogeneous swelling, material incompressible. studies interplay orientation, mechan...

This refinement of lower-lid blepharoplasty replaces bulging fat of the lower lid back into the orbit. Capsulopalpebral repair strengthens the orbital septum to retain the orbital fat in the orbit. The author describes his operative technique, focusing closely on relevant anatomy. (Aesthetic Surg J 2001;21:450-459.).

Vaginal wall cysts occur rarely and can cause a variety of symptoms. A 35 year old woman presented with history of mass bulging from vagina for a year. Pelvic examination revealed a reducible non-tender mass protruding from the vagina and diagnosed as rectocele. Physical examination is important for the detection and characterization of vaginal cysts but may be inadequate for appropriate diagno...

Sister Mary Joseph nodule or Sister Mary Joseph Sign refers to a palpable nodule bulging into the umbilicus as a result of metastasis of a malignant cancer in the pelvis or abdomen. A rare case of Sister Mary Joseph nodule, manifesting as ascites, cachexia and bleeding per rectum, is presented without any primary tumor despite extensive search for the same.

We read with interest the study by Shacham et al.1 Out of 153 children with fever and bulging fontanelle, only one child had bacterial meningitis. However, we disagree with their suggestion of withholding lumbar puncture in this group of children. In their cohort, 41 out of 153 children had aseptic meningitis; however, cerebrospinal fl uid (CSF) viral cultures and PCR studies were only done in ...

Diastolic bulging of the interventricular septum (IVS) toward the left ventricle was observed by real-time cross-sectional echocardiography in three patients with primary pulmonary hypertension and one patient with secondary pulmonary hypertension after closure of an atrial septal defect. M-mode echocardiography showed a characteristic abnormal pattern of septal motion in diastole and in systol...