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Surgical planning and training based on machine learning requires a large amount of 3D anatomical models reconstructed from medical imaging, which is currently one of the major bottlenecks. Obtaining these data from real patients and during…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Ann-Sophia Müller , Moonkwang Jeong , Meng Zhang , Jiyuan Tian , Arkadiusz Miernik , Stefanie Speidel , Tian Qiu

To build the connectomics map of the brain, we developed a new algorithm that can automatically refine the Membrane Detection Probability Maps (MDPM) generated to perform automatic segmentation of electron microscopy (EM) images. To achieve…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2015-06-22 Xundong Wu

A new higher-order accurate method is proposed that combines the advantages of the classical $p$-version of the FEM on body-fitted meshes with embedded domain methods. A background mesh composed by higher-order Lagrange elements is used.…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2016-04-04 Samir Omerović , Thomas-Peter Fries

A computational anatomy atlas is a set of internal organ geometries. It is based on data of real patients and complemented with virtual cases by using a some numerical approach. Atlases are in demand in computational physiology, especially…

Tissues and Organs · Quantitative Biology 2023-03-21 Konstantin Ushenin , Maksim Dzhigil , Vladislav Dordiuk

The finite element method can be viewed as a machine that automates the discretization of differential equations, taking as input a variational problem, a finite element and a mesh, and producing as output a system of discrete equations.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-12-05 Anders Logg

This paper addresses an important issue raised for the clinical relevance of Computer-Assisted Surgical applications, namely the methodology used to automatically build patient-specific Finite Element (FE) models of anatomical structures.…

Medical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Vincent Luboz , Matthieu Chabanas , Pascal Swider , Yohan Payan

Chaotic free surface flows are challenging problems to simulate numerically, mainly due to the significant changes in geometry and frequent topological changes. Methods that track the evolution of the fluid in a Lagrangian formulation are a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-12-24 Thomas Leyssens , Jonathan Lambrechts , Jean-François Remacle

We consider the reliable implementation of high-order unfitted finite element methods on Cartesian meshes with hanging nodes for elliptic interface problems. We construct a reliable algorithm to merge small interface elements with their…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-16 Zhiming Chen , Yong Liu

Human anatomy, morphology, and associated diseases can be studied using medical imaging data. However, access to medical imaging data is restricted by governance and privacy concerns, data ownership, and the cost of acquisition, thus…

Alterations in the geometry and function of the heart define well-established causes of cardiovascular disease. However, current approaches to the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases often rely on subjective human assessment as well as…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-07-19 Carlo Biffi , Ozan Oktay , Giacomo Tarroni , Wenjia Bai , Antonio De Marvao , Georgia Doumou , Martin Rajchl , Reem Bedair , Sanjay Prasad , Stuart Cook , Declan O'Regan , Daniel Rueckert

We present a generic algorithm for numbering and then efficiently iterating over the data values attached to an extruded mesh. An extruded mesh is formed by replicating an existing mesh, assumed to be unstructured, to form layers of…

Advances in imaging methods such as electron microscopy, tomography and other modalities are enabling high-resolution reconstructions of cellular and organelle geometries. Such advances pave the way for using these geometries for…

A 3D biomechanical finite element model of the face is presented. Muscles are represented by piece-wise uniaxial tension cable elements linking the insertion points. Such insertion points are specific entities differing from nodes of the…

Shape reconstruction from imaging volumes is a recurring need in medical image analysis. Common workflows start with a segmentation step, followed by careful post-processing and,finally, ad hoc meshing algorithms. As this sequence can be…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-11 Antonio Pepe , Richard Schussnig , Jianning Li , Christina Gsaxner , Dieter Schmalstieg , Jan Egger

This paper introduces a highly adaptive and automated approach for generating Finite Element (FE) discretization for a given realistic multi-compartment human head model obtained through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) dataset. We aim at…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-17 Fernando Galaz Prieto , Joonas Lahtinen , Maryam Samavaki , Sampsa Pursiainen

The determination of space layout is one of the primary activities in the schematic design stage of an architectural project. The initial layout planning defines the shape, dimension, and circulation pattern of internal spaces; which can…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-06-24 Zhipeng Li , Sichao Li , Geoff Hinchcliffe , Noam Maitless , Nick Birbilis

Automated construction of surface geometries of cardiac structures from volumetric medical images is important for a number of clinical applications. While deep-learning-based approaches have demonstrated promising reconstruction precision,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-15 Fanwei Kong , Nathan Wilson , Shawn C. Shadden

Designing generative models for 3D structural brain MRI that synthesize morphologically-plausible and attribute-specific (e.g., age, sex, disease state) samples is an active area of research. Existing approaches based on frameworks like…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-04 Alan Q. Wang , Fangrui Huang , Bailey Trang , Wei Peng , Mohammad Abbasi , Kilian Pohl , Mert Sabuncu , Ehsan Adeli

High-quality mesh generation is the foundation of accurate finite element analysis. Due to the vast interior vertices search space and complex initial boundaries, mesh generation for complicated domains requires substantial manual…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-02 Hua Tong , Kuanren Qian , Eni Halilaj , Yongjie Jessica Zhang

SAM 3D Body (3DB) achieves state-of-the-art accuracy in monocular 3D human mesh recovery, yet its inference latency of several seconds per image precludes real-time application. We present Fast SAM 3D Body, a training-free acceleration…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Timing Yang , Sicheng He , Hongyi Jing , Jiawei Yang , Zhijian Liu , Chuhang Zou , Yue Wang