title: Generating penetration path hypotheses for decision support in multiple trauma.
abstract: We present a 3D graphical system that allows users to visualize different penetration path hypotheses for (multiple) gunshot or stab wounds, using a 3D graphical model of a human body with appropriate anatomical structures. The system also identifies the anatomical structures associated with each hypothesis. The various penetration path hypotheses follow from a combinatorial analysis of the set of surface wounds. The affected structures are determined by performing a detailed interpenetration analysis between 3D models of a penetration path and each anatomical structure within the body.
authors.affiliation: Center for Human Modeling and Simulation, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104-6389, USA.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ogunyemi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaye
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Webber
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000175:diagnosis*