RESEARCH ARTICLE
A New Hybrid Viscoelastic Soft Tissue Model based on Meshless Method for Haptic Surgical Simulation
Yidong Baoa, b, Dongmei Wua, *, Zhiyuan Yan a, Zhijiang Dua
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2013Volume: 7
First Page: 116
Last Page: 124
Publisher ID: TOBEJ-7-116
DOI: 10.2174/1874120701307010116
Article History:
Received Date: 9/6/2013Revision Received Date: 3/8/2013
Acceptance Date: 6/8/2013
Electronic publication date: 15/11/2013
Collection year: 2013
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Abstract
This paper proposes a hybrid soft tissue model that consists of a multilayer structure and many spheres for surgical simulation system based on meshless. To improve accuracy of the model, tension is added to the three-parameter viscoelastic structure that connects the two spheres. By using haptic device, the three-parameter viscoelastic model (TPM) produces accurate deformationand also has better stress-strain, stress relaxation and creep properties. Stress relaxation and creep formulas have been obtained by mathematical formula derivation. Comparing with the experimental results of the real pig liver which were reported by Evren et al. and Amy et al., the curve lines of stress-strain, stress relaxation and creep of TPM are close to the experimental data of the real liver. Simulated results show that TPM has better real-time, stability and accuracy.