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Efficient Suturing of Deformable Models

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Computational Biomechanics for Medicine

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Suturing is a fundamental operation in surgical procedures. Simulation of suturing involves the simulation of needle–tissue and thread–tissue interaction, as well as contact between sutured boundaries. In this work, robust methods are proposed for an efficient finite element-based suture simulation. Contact conditions are modeled using complementarity relations. By exploiting adjacency relationships inherent to simplicial meshes and decomposing rigid body motion into sliding and bulk-deforming components, needle driving can be simulated in real time without introducing any new mesh elements. In addition, a computationally efficient formulation of thread pulling is presented. These techniques are implemented and tested in a prototype system which allows for interactive simulation of suturing with high resolution models.

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We thank the Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research (LNCSR) for providing support for this project.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

    Georges Younes & George Turkiyyah

  2. Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre, Qatar Science & Technology Park, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar

    Georges Younes & Julien abi-Nahed

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  1. School of Mechanical & Chem. Engineering, Intelligent Systems for Medicine Lab., The University of Western Australia, Stirling Highway 35, Crawley-Perth, 6009, West Australia, Australia

    Adam Wittek

  2. School of Mechanical & Chem. Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Stirling Highway 35, Crawley-Perth, 6009, West Australia, Australia

    Karol Miller

  3. , Auckland Bioengineering Institute, The University of Auckland, Symonds Street 70, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand

    Poul M.F. Nielsen

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Younes, G., abi-Nahed, J., Turkiyyah, G. (2013). Efficient Suturing of Deformable Models. In: Wittek, A., Miller, K., Nielsen, P. (eds) Computational Biomechanics for Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6351-1_8

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