Hexahedral mesh of anatomical atlas for construction of computational human brain models: Applications to modeling biomechanics and bioelectric field propagation

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Auteurs principaux: Huynh, Andy, Zwick, Benjamin, Jamshidian, Mostafa, Halle, Michael, Wittek, Adam, Miller, Karol
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author Huynh, Andy
Zwick, Benjamin
Jamshidian, Mostafa
Halle, Michael
Wittek, Adam
Miller, Karol
author_facet Huynh, Andy
Zwick, Benjamin
Jamshidian, Mostafa
Halle, Michael
Wittek, Adam
Miller, Karol
contents Numerical simulations rely on constructing accurate and detailed models to produce reliable results - a task that is often challenging. This task becomes notably more difficult when the model is of the human brain. We create an anatomically comprehensive hexahedral mesh of the human brain using an open-source digital brain atlas. Digital atlases are valuable tools currently used by medical professionals, medical students, and researchers for gathering, presenting, and discovering knowledge about the human brain. We demonstrate that the atlas can be used to efficiently create an accurate and detailed hexahedral finite element mesh of the brain for scientific computing. We present two case studies. The first case study constructs a biomechanical model of the brain to compute brain deformations and predict traumatic brain injury risk due to violent impact. In the second case study, we construct a bioelectrical model of the brain to solve the electroencephalography (EEG) forward problem, a frequent simulation process used in electrophysiology to study electromagnetic fields generated by the nervous system. We demonstrate efficient and accurate model construction using the meshed anatomical brain atlas, as well as emphasize the importance of effective communication and contextual analysis of results for enabling multi-disciplinary scientific computing research.
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spellingShingle Hexahedral mesh of anatomical atlas for construction of computational human brain models: Applications to modeling biomechanics and bioelectric field propagation
Huynh, Andy
Zwick, Benjamin
Jamshidian, Mostafa
Halle, Michael
Wittek, Adam
Miller, Karol
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Numerical simulations rely on constructing accurate and detailed models to produce reliable results - a task that is often challenging. This task becomes notably more difficult when the model is of the human brain. We create an anatomically comprehensive hexahedral mesh of the human brain using an open-source digital brain atlas. Digital atlases are valuable tools currently used by medical professionals, medical students, and researchers for gathering, presenting, and discovering knowledge about the human brain. We demonstrate that the atlas can be used to efficiently create an accurate and detailed hexahedral finite element mesh of the brain for scientific computing. We present two case studies. The first case study constructs a biomechanical model of the brain to compute brain deformations and predict traumatic brain injury risk due to violent impact. In the second case study, we construct a bioelectrical model of the brain to solve the electroencephalography (EEG) forward problem, a frequent simulation process used in electrophysiology to study electromagnetic fields generated by the nervous system. We demonstrate efficient and accurate model construction using the meshed anatomical brain atlas, as well as emphasize the importance of effective communication and contextual analysis of results for enabling multi-disciplinary scientific computing research.
title Hexahedral mesh of anatomical atlas for construction of computational human brain models: Applications to modeling biomechanics and bioelectric field propagation
topic Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.01409