title: Modeling and analysis of visual digital impact model for a Chinese human thorax.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish a three-dimensional finite element model of the human chest for engineering research on individual protection.
  
  
  METHODS
  Computed tomography (CT) scanning data were used for three-dimensional reconstruction with the medical image reconstruction software Mimics. The finite element method (FEM) preprocessing software ANSYS ICEM CFD was used for cell mesh generation, and the relevant material behavior parameters of all of the model's parts were specified. The finite element model was constructed with the FEM software, and the model availability was verified based on previous cadaver experimental data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A finite element model approximating the anatomical structure of the human chest was established, and the model's simulation results conformed to the results of the cadaver experiment overall.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Segment data of the human body and specialized software can be utilized for FEM model reconstruction to satisfy the need for numerical analysis of shocks to the human chest in engineering research on body mechanics.
authors: The Engineering & Technical College, Chengdu University of Technology, Leshan, Sichuan, China.|The Engineering & Technical College, Chengdu University of Technology, Leshan, Sichuan, China.
authors: Jin
authors: J
authors: Zhu
authors: School of Automation and Electrical Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lznzhou, Gansu, China.
authors: Kai-Ming
authors: KM
authors: Wang
authors: Department of Automation, Beijing Institute of Petrol-Oil Research, Beijing, China.
authors: Shu
authors: S
authors: Li
authors: Pengan County People's Hospital, Nanchong, Sichuan, China.
authors: Hai-Yan
authors: HY
authors: Liu
authors: Air force Logistic College, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
authors: Xiao
authors: X
authors: Jing
authors: The Engineering & Technical College, Chengdu University of Technology, Leshan, Sichuan, China.|The Engineering & Technical College, Chengdu University of Technology, Leshan, Sichuan, China.
authors: Xiao-Fang
authors: XF
authors: Li
authors: College of Computer Science, Neijiang Normal University, Neijiang, Sichuan, China.|The Engineering & Technical College, Chengdu University of Technology, Leshan, Sichuan, China.
authors: Yi-He
authors: YH
authors: Liu
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D013909:Thorax / Q000502:physiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Human chest; availability check; finite element model