Towards computing brain deformations for diagnosis, prognosis and neurosurgical simulation

K Miller, Z Taylor, WL Nowinski - Journal of Mechanics in Medicine …, 2005 - World Scientific
The objective of our research is to create a system computing brain deformations. We have
in view both clinical and training applications, such as" brain shift" calculation, prognosis …

Modelling brain deformations for computer‐integrated neurosurgery

K Miller, A Wittek, G Joldes, A Horton… - International Journal …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
In this review paper we discuss Intelligent Systems for Medicine Laboratory's contributions to
mathematical and numerical modelling of brain deformation behaviour for neurosurgical …

Biomechanical modeling and computer simulation of the brain during neurosurgery

K Miller, GR Joldes, G Bourantas… - … journal for numerical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Computational biomechanics of the brain for neurosurgery is an emerging area of research
recently gaining in importance and practical applications. This review paper presents the …

Biomechanical modelling of the brain for neurosurgical simulation and neuroimage registration

K Miller, A Wittek, ACR Tavner, GR Joldes - Biomechanics of the Brain, 2019 - Springer
Mathematical modelling and computer simulation of brain biomechanics during surgery is
an emerging area of research recently gaining in importance and practical applications. This …

On the unimportance of constitutive models in computing brain deformation for image-guided surgery

A Wittek, T Hawkins, K Miller - Biomechanics and modeling in …, 2009 - Springer
Imaging modalities that can be used intra-operatively do not provide sufficient details to
confidently locate the abnormalities and critical healthy areas that have been identified from …

An image registration-based morphing technique for generating subject-specific brain finite element models

JS Giudice, A Alshareef, T Wu, CA Gancayco… - Annals of Biomedical …, 2020 - Springer
Finite element (FE) models of the brain are crucial for investigating the mechanisms of
traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, FE brain models are often limited to a single …

A new deformation model of brain tissues for neurosurgical simulation

W Hou, PX Liu, M Zheng, S Liu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An accurate and realistic brain tissue deformation model with real-time performance is very
important for virtual neurosurgical simulation. In this paper, a new finite element method …

Patient-specific model of brain deformation: Application to medical image registration

A Wittek, K Miller, R Kikinis, SK Warfield - Journal of biomechanics, 2007 - Elsevier
This contribution presents finite element computation of the deformation field within the brain
during craniotomy-induced brain shift. The results were used to illustrate the capabilities of …

Biomechanics of the brain for computer-integrated surgery.

K Miller, A Wittek, G Joldes - ACTA of Bioengineering and …, 2010 - europepmc.org
This article presents a summary of the key-note lecture delivered at Biomechanics 10
Conference held in August 2010 in Warsaw. We present selected topics in the area of …

A 3D brain deformation model experiencing comparable surgical loads

MI Miga, KD Paulsen, FE Kennedy… - Proceedings of the …, 1997 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
During the past 10 years, the finite element method (FEM) has been successfully employed
to model the neuroanatomy under varying load conditions. Loading conditions used in …