Real-time nonlinear FEM with neural network for simulating soft organ model deformation

Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2008;11(Pt 2):742-9. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-85990-1_89.

Abstract

This paper presents a new method for simulating the deformation of organ models by using a neural network. The proposed method is based on the idea proposed by Chen et al. that a deformed model can be estimated from the superposition of basic deformation modes. The neural network finds a relationship between external forces and the models deformed by the forces. The experimental results show that the trained network can achieve a real-time simulation while keeping the acceptable accuracy compared with the nonlinear FEM computation.

MeSH terms

  • Compressive Strength / physiology
  • Computer Simulation
  • Connective Tissue / physiology*
  • Elasticity
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Hardness
  • Humans
  • Models, Biological*
  • Neural Networks, Computer*
  • Stress, Mechanical
  • Viscera / physiology*
  • Viscosity