Neurosurgery simulation using non-linear finite element modeling and haptic interaction

Huai-Ping Lee; Michel Audette; Grand Roman Joldes; Andinet Enquobahrie

doi:10.1117/12.911987

17 February 2012 Neurosurgery simulation using non-linear finite element modeling and haptic interaction

Huai-Ping Lee, Michel Audette, Grand Roman Joldes, Andinet Enquobahrie

Proceedings Volume 8316, Medical Imaging 2012: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling; 83160H (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.911987
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Real-time surgical simulation is becoming an important component of surgical training. To meet the realtime requirement, however, the accuracy of the biomechancial modeling of soft tissue is often compromised due to computing resource constraints. Furthermore, haptic integration presents an additional challenge with its requirement for a high update rate. As a result, most real-time surgical simulation systems employ a linear elasticity model, simplified numerical methods such as the boundary element method or spring-particle systems, and coarse volumetric meshes. However, these systems are not clinically realistic. We present here an ongoing work aimed at developing an efficient and physically realistic neurosurgery simulator using a non-linear finite element method (FEM) with haptic interaction. Real-time finite element analysis is achieved by utilizing the total Lagrangian explicit dynamic (TLED) formulation and GPU acceleration of per-node and per-element operations. We employ a virtual coupling method for separating deformable body simulation and collision detection from haptic rendering, which needs to be updated at a much higher rate than the visual simulation. The system provides accurate biomechancial modeling of soft tissue while retaining a real-time performance with haptic interaction. However, our experiments showed that the stability of the simulator depends heavily on the material property of the tissue and the speed of colliding objects. Hence, additional efforts including dynamic relaxation are required to improve the stability of the system.

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Huai-Ping Lee, Michel Audette, Grand Roman Joldes, and Andinet Enquobahrie "Neurosurgery simulation using non-linear finite element modeling and haptic interaction", Proc. SPIE 8316, Medical Imaging 2012: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 83160H (17 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.911987

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