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Abstract #4176

Automatic Generation of Topologically Correct, High Quality, Finite-Element Tetrahedral Body Models from Voxel and Surface Data

Mathias Davids1,2, Bastien Guérin2,3, Lawrence L Wald2,3,4, and Lothar R Schad1

1Computer Assisted Clinical Medicine, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany, 2Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Dept. of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, United States, 3Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States, 4Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States

Assessment of MR safety, e.g., Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS), relies on the accurate estimation of electromagnetic fields in complex human body models. Finite Element Methods (FEM) can use tetrahedral meshes that can model curved geometries much more accurately than voxel-based meshes. The creation of high-quality surface body models (needed to generate tetrahedral meshes), however, is complex due to the requirements for the surface models (water-tightness, correct topology, no intersections, etc.). We developed an automatic pipeline that, starting with arbitrary surface and voxel data, generates high quality, watertight, topologically correct surface models to be practically useful in FEM simulations.

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