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Soft Tissue Finite Element Modeling and Calibration of the Material Properties in the Context of Computer-Assisted Medical Interventions

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Material Parameter Identification and Inverse Problems in Soft Tissue Biomechanics

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This chapter aims at illustrating how patient-specific models of human organs and soft tissues can be implemented into FE packages. First is addressed the question of the generation of patient-specific FE models compatible with the clinical constraints. Then is discussed the calibration of the material properties, with choices that should be done between calibrations based on ex vivo or in vivo tissues loadings. The example of computer-assisted maxillofacial surgery is addressed and results based on patients’ data are provided.

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Acknowledgments

The author of this chapter is grateful to the important and valuable input of scientific colleagues and clinicians who participated to the studies cited in this chapter. He would like to thank: Georges Bettega, Franck Boutault, Marek Bucki, Matthieu Chabanas, Jean-Michel Gérard, Vincent Luboz, Christophe Marécaux, Mohammad Nazari, Jacques Ohayon, Pascal Perrier, Emmanuel Promayon and Patrick Schiavone.

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Payan, Y. (2017). Soft Tissue Finite Element Modeling and Calibration of the Material Properties in the Context of Computer-Assisted Medical Interventions. In: Avril, S., Evans, S. (eds) Material Parameter Identification and Inverse Problems in Soft Tissue Biomechanics. CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 573. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45071-1_6

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