Mathematical modelling for keyhole surgery simulations: a biomechanical model for spleen tissue
Mathematical modelling for keyhole surgery simulations: a biomechanical model for spleen tissue
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DOI:
10.1093/imamat/67.1.41
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发表时间:
2002-02-01
影响因子:
1.2
通讯作者:
Cuschieri, A
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作者:
Davies, PJ;Carter, FJ;Cuschieri, A
There is growing interest in the potential for computer simulations to provide good training materials for abdominal endoscopic or 'keyhole' surgery. This paper describes a preliminary study of the mechanical properties of abdominal (spleen) tissue. We show how experimental force-displacement data can be used to derive a biomechanical model for the tissue as an incompressible, homogeneous, isotropic nonlinear elastic material with an exponential stress-strain law. We also show how the model can be used to predict the response of the tissue to a surgical probe. This involves solving a complicated nonlinear constrained boundary-value problem, and there is a good fit between the computed solution and experimental data.