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- Title
An Image Registration-Based Morphing Technique for Generating Subject-Specific Brain Finite Element Models.
- Authors
Giudice, J. Sebastian; Alshareef, Ahmed; Wu, Taotao; Gancayco, Christina A.; Reynier, Kristen A.; Tustison, Nicholas J.; Druzgal, T. Jason; Panzer, Matthew B.
- Abstract
Finite element (FE) models of the brain are crucial for investigating the mechanisms of traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, FE brain models are often limited to a single neuroanatomy because the manual development of subject-specific models is time consuming. The objective of this study was to develop a pipeline to automatically generate subject-specific FE brain models using previously developed nonlinear image registration techniques, preserving both external and internal neuroanatomical characteristics. To verify the morphing-induced mesh distortions did not influence the brain deformation response, strain distributions predicted using the morphed model were compared to those from manually created voxel models of the same subject. Morphed and voxel models were generated for 44 subjects ranging in age, and simulated using head kinematics from a football concussion case. For each subject, brain strain distributions predicted by each model type were consistent, and differences in strain prediction was less than 4% between model type. This automated technique, taking approximately 2 h to generate a subject-specific model, will facilitate interdisciplinary research between the biomechanics and neuroimaging fields and could enable future use of biomechanical models in the clinical setting as a tool for improving diagnosis.
- Subjects
NEUROANATOMY; BRAIN injuries; BRAIN concussion; IMAGE registration
- Publication
Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2020, Vol 48, Issue 10, p2412
- ISSN
0090-6964
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10439-020-02584-z