Patient-Specific Modeling in Tomorrow's Medicine

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Reliable Patient-Specific Simulations of the Femur

   • Zohar Yosibash, Nir Trabelsi

   Pages 3-26

3. Patient-Specific Diagnosis and Visualization of Bone Micro-Structures

   • L. Podshivalov, A. Fischer, P. Z. Bar-Yoseph

   Pages 27-52

4. Patient Specific Modeling of Musculoskeletal Fractures

   • Eran Peleg

   Pages 53-72

5. Advancements in Spine FE Mesh Development: Toward Patient-Specific Models

   • Nicole A. Kallemeyn, Kiran H. Shivanna, Nicole A. DeVries, Swathi Kode, Anup A. Gandhi, Douglas C. Fredericks et al.

   Pages 75-101

6. Patient-Specific Modeling of Scoliosis

   • J. Paige Little, Clayton J. Adam

   Pages 103-131

7. Subject-Specific Models of the Spine for the Analysis of Vertebroplasty

   • Alison C. Jones, Vithanage N. Wijayathunga, Sarrawat Rehman, Ruth K. Wilcox

   Pages 133-154

8. Morphologica l and Functional Modeling of the Heart Valves and Chambers

   • Razvan Ioan Ionasec, Dime Vitanovski, Dorin Comaniciu

   Pages 157-187

9. Patient-Specific Analysis of Blood Flow and Mass Transport in Small and Large Arteries

   • X. Y. Xu, N. Sun, D. Liu, N. B. Wood

   Pages 189-215

10. Patient-Specific Modeling of Leg Compression in the Treatment of Venous Deficiency

    • Stéphane Avril, Pierre Badel, Laura Dubuis, Pierre-Yves Rohan, Johan Debayle, Serge Couzan et al.

    Pages 217-238

11. Scan-Based Flow Modelling in Human Upper Airways

    • Perumal Nithiarasu, Igor Sazonov, Si Yong Yeo

    Pages 241-280

12. A Decission Support System for Endoprosthetic Patient-Specific Surgery of the Human Trachea

    • Olfa Trabelsi, Angel Ginel, Jose L. López-Villalobos, Miguel A González-Ballester , Amaya Pérez-del Palomar, Manuel Doblaré

    Pages 281-334

13. Image-Based Computational Fluid Dynamics for Patient-Specific Therapy Design and Personalized Medicine

    • Andreas A. Linninger

    Pages 337-355

14. Patient-Specific Modeling and Simulation of Deep Brain Stimulation

    • Karin Wårdell, Elin Diczfalusy, Mattias Åström

    Pages 357-375

15. Patient-Specific Modeling of Breast Biomechanics with Applications to Breast Cancer Detection and Treatment

    • Thiranja P. Babarenda Gamage, Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal, Poul M. F. Nielsen, Martyn P. Nash

    Pages 379-412

16. Soft-Tissue Simulation for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery: Clinical Needs and Technical Aspects

    • Hyungmin Kim, Philipp Jürgens, Mauricio Reyes

    Pages 413-440

17. Patient-Specific Modeling of Subjects with a Lower Limb Amputation

    • Sigal Portnoy, Amit Gefen

    Pages 441-459

18. Patient-Specific Modeling of the Cornea

    • Roy Asher, Amit Gefen, David Varssano

    Pages 461-483

19. Computational Modeling of Gene Translation and its Potential Applications in Individualized Medicine

    • Tamir Tuller, Hadas Zur

    Pages 487-503

20. Neural Network Modeling Approaches for Patient Specific Glycemic Forecasting

    • Scott M. Pappada, Brent D. Cameron

    Pages 505-529

This book reviews the frontier of research and clinical applications of Patient Specific Modeling, and provides a state-of-the-art update as well as perspectives on future directions in this exciting field. The book is useful for medical physicists, biomedical engineers and other engineers who are interested in the science and technology aspects of Patient Specific Modeling, as well as for radiologists and other medical specialists who wish to be updated about the state of implementation.

• Biomechanics
• Computational methods
• Computed tomography
• Finite Element Meshing
• Finite element model
• Geometry reconstruction
• Magnetic resonance imaging
• Medical imaging and image analysis
• Ultrasound
• Diagnostic Radiology

• Fac. Engineering, Dept. Biomedical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel

  Amit Gefen

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