Model selection and sensitivity analysis in the biomechanics of soft tissues: A case study on the human knee meniscus

E Elmukashfi, G Marchiori, M Berni, G Cassiolas… - Advances in applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soft tissues—such as ligaments and tendons—primarily consist of solid (collagen,
predominantly) and liquid phases. Understanding the interaction between such components …

Invited Review for 20th Anniversary Special Issue of PLRev “AI for Mechanomedicine”

N **e, J Tian, Z Li, N Shi, B Li, B Cheng, Y Li, M Li… - Physics of Life …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mechanomedicine is a field that combines different areas including biomechanics,
mechanobiology, and clinical applications like mechanodiagnosis and mechanotherapy …

Intra-operative update of boundary conditions for patient-specific surgical simulation

E Tagliabue, M Piccinelli, D Dall'Alba, J Verde… - … Image Computing and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Patient-specific Biomechanical Models (PBMs) can enhance computer assisted
surgical procedures with critical information. Although pre-operative data allow to …

Transfer learning for accurate modeling and control of soft actuators

M Wiese, G Runge-Borchert, BH Cao… - 2021 IEEE 4th …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The adaptability and inherent safety of soft material robotic systems offer great potential for
applications in which their rigid counter parts reach their limits in terms of flexibility and …

Data-driven intra-operative estimation of anatomical attachments for autonomous tissue dissection

E Tagliabue, D Dall'Alba, M Pfeiffer… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The execution of surgical tasks by an Autonomous Robotic System (ARS) requires an up-to-
date model of the current surgical environment, which has to be deduced from …

An optimal control formulation for organ registration in augmented surgery

G Mestdagh - 2022 - hal.science
In minimally-invasive liver surgery interventions, augmented reality systems aim to help
medical staff by tracking the motion of the patient's liver in real time. To compute the updated …

Intraoperative estimation of liver boundary conditions from multiple partial surfaces

A Mendizabal, E Tagliabue, D Dall'Alba - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose A computer-assisted surgical system must provide up-to-date and accurate
information of the patient's anatomy during the procedure to improve clinical outcome. It is …

A comparison between the results from linear analysis and nonlinear analysis in the context of simulation of biological materials

KP Kirana - Journal of Composites Science, 2023 - search.proquest.com
Surgical simulations require fast and accurate simulation of biological materials. In general,
linear analysis is faster but less accurate, whereas nonlinear analysis is more accurate but …

Exploring new numerical methods for the simulation of soft tissue deformations in surgery assistance

JN Brunet - 2020 - inria.hal.science
This thesis addresses the problem soft tissue simulation for augmented reality applications
in liver surgery assistance and, more specifically, the implementation of a non-rigid …

Deformation Correction in Laparoscopic Liver Surgical Navigation Using Point Cloud Completion and Biomechanical Model

Q Zhang, D **ao, D Ai, J Fan, T Fu… - 2024 IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the minimally invasive liver resection surgery, deformation estimation of liver is required to
correct the preoperative virtual model to match the intraoperative scenarios, in which the …