Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI), 2011 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9351-7
DOI :
10.1109/BMEI.2011.6098245
