Title :
A Novel Biomedical Meshing Algorithm and Evaluation based on Revised Delaunay and Space Disassembling
Author :
Xiao Yu ; Lixu Gu ; Sizhe Lv ; Jie Liu ; Pengfei Huang ; Xianming Kong
Author_Institution :
Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai
Abstract :
The tetrahedral mesh generation part in finite element method (FEM) of soft tissue simulation is difficult to be realized by traditional mesh algorithms because of the requirements of boundary preservation and quality of all tetrahedra. Aiming to meet the real-time requirement of FEM, we propose a revised Delaunay algorithm with many improved methods, including background gird, random point disarrangement, radial method and visibility check. In this paper, two tetrahedral mesh generation algorithms including Space-Disassembling and the revised Delaunay algorithm, are presented based on different mesh requirements. And a comparison of Space-Disassembling Mesh Algorithm, traditional Delaunay algorithm and the revised Delaunay algorithm is processed based on some pivotal criteria.
Keywords :
biological tissues; finite element analysis; medical computing; mesh generation; background gird; biomedical meshing algorithm; finite element method; radial method; random point disarrangement; revised Delaunay algorithm; soft tissue simulation; space-disassembling mesh algorithm; tetrahedral mesh generation; visibility check; Biological tissues; Computational modeling; Finite element methods; Lead compounds; Mathematics; Mesh generation; Rough surfaces; Surface roughness; Topology; Virtual reality; Algorithms; Animals; Computer Simulation; Connective Tissue; Finite Element Analysis; Humans; Models, Biological;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lyon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0787-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353485