期刊
COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
卷 16, 期 3, 页码 271-279出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2011.617005
关键词
multi-block technique; hexahedral mesh; finite element method; subject-specific model; patient-specific model; brain injury
资金
- Global Human Body Models Consortium (GHBMC)
- Science Fund of State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body [30815007]
The finite element (FE) method is a powerful tool to study brain injury that remains to be a critical health concern. Subject/patient-specific FE brain models have the potential to accurately predict a specific subject/patient's brain responses during computer-assisted surgery or to design subject-specific helmets to prevent brain injury. Unfortunately, efforts required in the development of high-quality hexahedral FE meshes for brain, which consists of complex intracranial surfaces and varying internal structures, are daunting. Using multi-block techniques, an efficient meshing process to develop all-hexahedral FE brain models for an adult and a paediatric brain (3-year old) was demonstrated in this study. Furthermore, the mesh densities could be adjusted at ease using block techniques. Such an advantage can facilitate a mesh convergence study and allows more freedom for choosing an appropriate brain mesh density by balancing available computation power and prediction accuracy. The multi-block meshing approach is recommended to efficiently develop 3D all-hexahedral high-quality models in biomedical community to enhance the acceptance and application of numerical simulations.
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