TY - GEN
T1 - Advanced finite element mesh model of female SUI research during physical and daily activities
AU - Zhang, Yingchun
AU - Sweet, Robert M.
AU - Metzger, Gregory J.
AU - Burke, Daniel
AU - Erdman, Arthur G.
AU - Timm, Gerald W.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - With a goal towards dynamic subject-specific mechanical characterization of the etiology of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in females during physical or daily activities, a finite element (FE) mesh model generation procedure has been developed to build the subject-specific FE model of the female pelvis from multiple high resolution magnetic resonance (MR) acquisitions with varying contrasts. The advanced female pelvis FE model was developed by using this procedure which consisted of over 35 anatomical parts including: 10 pelvic muscles, 10 pelvic ligaments, 6 pelvic bones, skin, fat tissue, bladder, urethra, uterus, vagina, colon, rectum, anus etc. basically all the major parts of the female pelvis. This comprehensive pelvis model is ready to be used to characterize relative relationships and structures during the physical activities that elicit SUI during activities of daily living.
AB - With a goal towards dynamic subject-specific mechanical characterization of the etiology of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in females during physical or daily activities, a finite element (FE) mesh model generation procedure has been developed to build the subject-specific FE model of the female pelvis from multiple high resolution magnetic resonance (MR) acquisitions with varying contrasts. The advanced female pelvis FE model was developed by using this procedure which consisted of over 35 anatomical parts including: 10 pelvic muscles, 10 pelvic ligaments, 6 pelvic bones, skin, fat tissue, bladder, urethra, uterus, vagina, colon, rectum, anus etc. basically all the major parts of the female pelvis. This comprehensive pelvis model is ready to be used to characterize relative relationships and structures during the physical activities that elicit SUI during activities of daily living.
KW - Computer model
KW - Dynamic analysis
KW - Finite element analysis
KW - Finite element model
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging
KW - Pelvic floor disorder
KW - Stress urinary incontinence
KW - Urinary incontinence
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U2 - 10.3233/978-1-58603-964-6-447
DO - 10.3233/978-1-58603-964-6-447
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 19377205
AN - SCOPUS:67549097163
SN - 9781586039646
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 447
EP - 452
BT - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 17 - NextMed
PB - IOS Press
T2 - 17th Annual MMVR Conference - NextMed: Design for/the Well Being, MMVR17 2009
Y2 - 19 January 2009 through 22 January 2009
ER -