The paper concerns with characteristics of a thorax morphological structure Cacopsylla Ossiannilsson, 1970 species, referring to an analysis of five species classified in the past in three subgenera. The structure of the sternites, tergites and pleurites of all the parts of the thorax was studied by a scanning microscope. Descriptions of particular elements building up thorax plates, their shap...

Breathing motion complicates many image-guided interventions working on the thorax or upper abdomen. However, prior knowledge provided by a statistical breathing model, can reduce the uncertainties of organ location. In this paper, a prediction framework for statistical motion modeling is presented and different representations of the dynamic data for motion model building of the lungs are inve...

For the convincing modeling of virtual humans, realistic breathing is an important aspect. This paper is about the simulation of breathing, based on anatomical and physiological principles. We have built a torso, including a thorax, a deformable belly, and muscles. This results in a model with two independent breathing systems, namely abdominal and chest breathing, which gives a high degree of ...