A component-oriented software toolkit for patient-specific finite element model generation

  • Authors:

  • Chee-Kong Chui;Zhenlan Wang;Jing Zhang;Jackson Shin-Kiat Ong;Limeng Bian;Jeremy Choon-Meng Teo;Chye-Hwang Yan;Sim-Heng Ong;Shih-Chang Wang;Hee-Kit Wong;Swee-Hin Teoh

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Centre for Biomedical Materials Application and Technology, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117576, ...;Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Centre for Biomedical Materials Application and Technology, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117576, ...;Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore;Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Centre for Biomedical Materials Application and Technology, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117576, ...;Division of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore;Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Centre for Biomedical Materials Application and Technology, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117576, ...;Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore;Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore and Division of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University o ...;Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore;Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore;Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Centre for Biomedical Materials Application and Technology, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117576, ...

  • Venue:
  • Advances in Engineering Software
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

A component-oriented software system, i.BioMech (image-based biomechanical modeling) is proposed for generation of patient-specific finite element model. It applies a systematic software engineering approach to patient/subject-specific meshing and assignment of material properties. The prototype program is based on the component object model (COM), which enables ease of combination of existing mesh generation algorithms and material property assignment schemes, and incorporation of new ones. It also facilitates utilization by other programming languages or platforms. Data input comprises a series of medical images captured from the patient. The output is a patient-specific finite element model for computational analysis using commercially available finite element software. The prototype software system provides a framework to compare the different finite element mesh generation methods as well as schemes for material property assignment. Our focus is on patient/subject-specific modeling of the human vertebrae.