A new ChainMail approach for real-time soft tissue simulation.
This paper presents a new ChainMail method for real-time soft tissue simulation. This method enables the use of different material properties for chain elements to accommodate various materials. Based on the ChainMail bounding region, a new time-saving scheme is developed to improve computational efficiency for isotropic materials. The proposed method also conserves volume and strain energy. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed ChainMail method can not only accommodate isotropic, anisotropic and heterogeneous materials but also model incompressibility and relaxation behaviors of soft tissues. Further, the proposed method can achieve real-time computational performance.
a School of Engineering, RMIT University , Bundoora , VIC , Australia.
Jinao
J
Zhang
a School of Engineering, RMIT University , Bundoora , VIC , Australia.
Yongmin
Y
Zhong
b Department of Surgery , School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University , Clayton , VIC , Australia.
Julian
J
Smith
a School of Engineering, RMIT University , Bundoora , VIC , Australia.
Chengfan
C
Gu
D016880:Anisotropy; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological
ChainMail method; real-time performance; soft tissue deformation; surgery simulation