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2008 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Deformation and Smooth Joining of Mesh Models for Cardiac Surgical Simulation
Authors : Hao Li, Wee Kheng Leow, Ing-Sh Chiu, Shu-Chien Huang
Published in: Advances in Geometric Modeling and Processing
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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This paper focuses on an important aspect of cardiac surgical simulation, which is the deformation of mesh models to form smooth joins between them. A novel algorithm based on the Laplacian deformation method is developed. It extends the Laplacian method to handle deformation of 2-manifold mesh models with 1-D boundaries, and joining of 1-D boundaries to form smooth joins. Test results show that the algorithm can produce a variety of smooth joins common in cardiac surgeries, and it is efficient for practical applications.