Brain shift in neuronavigation of brain tumors: A review

IJ Gerard, M Kersten-Oertel, K Petrecca, D Sirhan… - Medical image …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose: Neuronavigation based on preoperative imaging data is a ubiquitous tool for
image guidance in neurosurgery. However, it is rendered unreliable when brain shift …

Mathematical models of blast-induced TBI: current status, challenges, and prospects

RK Gupta, A Przekwas - Frontiers in neurology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Blast-induced traumatic brain injury (TBI) has become a signature wound of recent military
activities and is the leading cause of death and long-term disability among US soldiers. The …

An anatomically detailed and personalizable head injury model: Significance of brain and white matter tract morphological variability on strain

X Li, Z Zhou, S Kleiven - Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology, 2021 - Springer
Finite element head (FE) models are important numerical tools to study head injuries and
develop protection systems. The generation of anatomically accurate and subject-specific …

Brain shift during deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson's disease

CH Halpern, SF Danish, GH Baltuch… - Stereotactic and functional …, 2007 - karger.com
Background: Brain shift may occur during deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery, which may
affect the position of subcortical structures, compromising target localization. Methods: We …

Intraoperative imaging modalities and compensation for brain shift in tumor resection surgery

S Bayer, A Maier, M Ostermeier… - International journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Intraoperative brain shift during neurosurgical procedures is a well‐known phenomenon
caused by gravity, tissue manipulation, tumor size, loss of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and use …

Suite of finite element algorithms for accurate computation of soft tissue deformation for surgical simulation

GR Joldes, A Wittek, K Miller - Medical image analysis, 2009 - Elsevier
Real time computation of soft tissue deformation is important for the use of augmented reality
devices and for providing haptic feedback during operation or surgeon training. This …

A three-dimensional nonlinear meshfree algorithm for simulating mechanical responses of soft tissue

GY Zhang, A Wittek, GR Joldes, X Jin… - Engineering Analysis with …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper presents an effective three-dimensional (3D) nonlinear explicit dynamic
meshfree algorithm for the simulation of soft tissue mechanical responses. In the algorithm …

Patient-specific non-linear finite element modelling for predicting soft organ deformation in real-time; Application to non-rigid neuroimage registration

A Wittek, G Joldes, M Couton, SK Warfield… - Progress in biophysics …, 2010 - Elsevier
Long computation times of non-linear (ie accounting for geometric and material non-
linearity) biomechanical models have been regarded as one of the key factors preventing …

Prediction of brain deformations and risk of traumatic brain injury due to closed-head impact: quantitative analysis of the effects of boundary conditions and brain …

F Wang, Y Han, B Wang, Q Peng, X Huang… - … and Modeling in …, 2018 - Springer
In this study, we investigate the effects of modelling choices for the brain–skull interface
(layers of tissues between the brain and skull that determine boundary conditions for the …

Evaluation of head injury criteria for injury prediction effectiveness: computational reconstruction of real-world vulnerable road user impact accidents

F Wang, Z Wang, L Hu, H Xu, C Yu, F Li - Frontiers in bioengineering …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This study evaluates the effectiveness of various widely used head injury criteria (HICs) in
predicting vulnerable road user (VRU) head injuries due to road traffic accidents. Thirty-one …