Finite Element Modeling of Human Head from Medical Images

Author

Liu, Jun ; Zhu, Shanan ; He, Bin

Author_Institution

Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou

fYear

2007

fDate

12-14 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

133

Lastpage

135

Abstract

The finite element (FE) modeling of a realistic head is a key issue for the finite element analysis of brain electromagnetic field. In the present study, we have developed a new method to generate subject specific FE head models based on their magnetic resonance (MR) and computer tomography (CT) imaging data. The present approach consists of three parts: segmentation of MR and CT images, co-registration of MR and CT images, and mesh generation for all tissue volumes. By using this method, a five-layer realistic head FEM model is obtained, and shown to provide reasonable EEG fields produced by current dipoles.

Keywords

biomedical MRI; brain models; computerised tomography; image registration; image segmentation; medical image processing; mesh generation; EEG; FE head models; brain electromagnetic field; computer tomography imaging; finite element modeling; human head; image coregistration; image segmentation; magnetic resonance imaging; mesh generation; Biomedical imaging; Brain modeling; Computed tomography; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic modeling; Finite element methods; Humans; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic heads;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Noninvasive Functional Source Imaging of the Brain and Heart and the International Conference on Functional Biomedical Imaging, 2007. NFSI-ICFBI 2007. Joint Meeting of the 6th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hangzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0949-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0949-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NFSI-ICFBI.2007.4387707

Filename

4387707