Generating Volumetric Meshes for Therapy Planning
Hans Lamecker, Herve Delingette, Nicholas Ayache (INRIA Sophia Antipolis - Mediterranee)
Patient-specific volumetric meshes of anatomical structures are the basis for numerical simulations based on differential equations. There are a number of often competing properties that are desirable in therapy planning applications. Above all, the meshes should reflect the true patient geometry, and yield fast and accurate computational models. To this end meshes of good element quality are required with a mesh size resolution adapted to the specific needs of the application. We will illustrate the problems and present some solutions within applications in electrophysiological and biomechanical cardiac modeling.