Three-dimensional models of the membranous vestibular labyrinth in the guinea pig inner ear

Author

Caiqin Wu ; Keqiang Wang ; Lin Yang ; Peidong Dai

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. & Eng. Sci., Fudan Univ., Shanghai, China

Volume

1

fYear

2011

fDate

15-17 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

541

Lastpage

544

Abstract

This paper presents and explains the procedure for creating three-dimensional (3D) finite element (FE) model of membranous vestibular labyrinth of guinea pig for numerical analysis. The model of membranous vestibular labyrinth was built from a series of micro computer tomography (micro-CT) images using MIMICS software. In order to visualize the membranous labyrinth in the micro-CT, the specimen was stained with Osmium tetroxide (OsO4) solution. An accurate 3D FE model of membranous vestibular labyrinth was built for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and FE analysis.

Keywords

biological fluid dynamics; computational fluid dynamics; computerised tomography; ear; finite element analysis; medical image processing; physiological models; CFD; MIMICS software; computational fluid dynamics; guinea pig inner ear; membranous vestibular labyrinth; microcomputer tomography; numerical analysis; three-dimensional finite element model; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Ear; Image reconstruction; Irrigation; Solid modeling; Three dimensional displays; membranous vestibular labyrinth; micro-CT; three-dimensional model;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI), 2011 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9351-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BMEI.2011.6098245

Filename

6098245