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Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing IV – João Tavares & Natal Jorge (eds)
© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00081-0
Direct creation of finite element models from medical images using
Cartesian grids
L. Giovannelli, O. Marco, J.M. Navarro, E. Giner & J.J. Ródenas
Centro de Investigación en Tecnología de Vehículos, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper is to present an automatic method for creating 2D Finite Element
models from medical images based on a hierarchical structure of geometry-independent Cartesian grids
(CG-FEM). This strategy provides good quality meshes with a reasonable number of degrees of freedom
and reduces the need for previous image segmentation. In addition, ...