Abstract
Muscle fascicle structure characterises muscle function, which in turn plays a key role in computer simulation of muscle shape. In this study we use 3D ultrasound from human gastrocnemius muscle to identify and map the muscle fascicle orientation and deformation during passive motion in four subjects. This muscle fascicle description is integrated into a representative muscle volume element using a free-form deformation technique to create a muscle primitive that deforms according to the embedded muscle fascicles within. For each subject computed passive tensile force was used to optimise the constitutive behaviour so that the known deformation matched this load. Each subject was fit to match deformation at 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% of muscle stretch. The medial gastrocnemius muscle built from these muscle primitives exhibited a contractile shape that is consistent to that observed in human gastrocnemius contraction. This shape was evaluated against the same muscle embedded with muscle fascicles derived from diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and was in good qualitative agreement. Muscle primitives may be used as building blocks to build large muscle volumes for mechanics simulation, visualisation and medical education.
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Alipour, M., Mithraratne, K., Herbert, R.D., Fernandez, J. (2017). A 3D Ultrasound Informed Model of the Human Gastrocnemius Muscle. In: Cardoso, M., et al. Imaging for Patient-Customized Simulations and Systems for Point-of-Care Ultrasound. BIVPCS POCUS 2017 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10549. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67552-7_4
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