In vivo identification of soft biological tissues using MR imaging

Authors

  • Laura Bouten Biomaterials and Mechanics Dept. - Engineering and Health Division and LTDS - UMR CNRS 5513 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne 158, cours Fauriel F-42023 Saint-Etienne cedex 2
  • Sylvain Drapier Mechanics and Materials Processing Dept. - Struc. and Mat. Science Division and LTDS - UMR CNRS 5513 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne 158, cours Fauriel F-42023 Saint-Etienne cedex 2

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/EJCM.18.21-32

Keywords:

identification, MRI, stocking, finite element, optimization

Abstract

Soft biological tissues constituting the human body are individually investigated regarding the identification of their mechanical properties. This study proposes an identification process of human legs tissues by coupling Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) images with different levels of stocking used as mechanical loading. This loading may be compared with a compression around the whole leg section. The identification method relies on one hand on MRI image processing (digital image correlation, volume extraction, etc.) and on the other hand on a Finite Element Model combined with an optimization algorithm.

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Published

2009-08-12

How to Cite

Bouten, L. ., & Drapier, S. . (2009). In vivo identification of soft biological tissues using MR imaging. European Journal of Computational Mechanics, 18(1), 21–32. https://doi.org/10.13052/EJCM.18.21-32

Issue

2009: Vol 18 Iss 1

Section

Original Article

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