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Book Multiscale Biomechanical Modeling of the Brain

Download or read book Multiscale Biomechanical Modeling of the Brain written by Mark F. Horstemeyer and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2021-10-27 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multiscale Biomechanical Modeling of the Brain discusses the constitutive modeling of the brain at various length scales (nanoscale, microscale, mesoscale, macroscale and structural scale). In each scale, the book describes the state-of-the- experimental and computational tools used to quantify critical deformational information at each length scale. Then, at the structural scale, several user-based constitutive material models are presented, along with real-world boundary value problems. Lastly, design and optimization concepts are presented for use in occupant-centric design frameworks. This book is useful for both academia and industry applications that cover basic science aspects or applied research in head and brain protection.The multiscale approach to this topic is unique, and not found in other books. It includes meticulously selected materials that aim to connect the mechanistic analysis of the brain tissue at size scales ranging from subcellular to organ levels. - Presents concepts in a theoretical and thermodynamic framework for each length scale - Teaches readers not only how to use an existing multiscale model for each brain but also how to develop a new multiscale model - Takes an integrated experimental-computational approach and gives structured multiscale coverage of the problems

Book Biomechanics of the Brain

Download or read book Biomechanics of the Brain written by Karol Miller and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition presents an authoritative account of the current state of brain biomechanics research for engineers, scientists and medical professionals. Since the first edition in 2011, this topic has unquestionably entered into the mainstream of biomechanical research. The book brings together leading scientists in the diverse fields of anatomy, neuroimaging, image-guided neurosurgery, brain injury, solid and fluid mechanics, mathematical modelling and computer simulation to paint an inclusive picture of the rapidly evolving field. Covering topics from brain anatomy and imaging to sophisticated methods of modeling brain injury and neurosurgery (including the most recent applications of biomechanics to treat epilepsy), to the cutting edge methods in analyzing cerebrospinal fluid and blood flow, this book is the comprehensive reference in the field. Experienced researchers as well as students will find this book useful.

Book Multiscale Biomechanics

Download or read book Multiscale Biomechanics written by Soheil Mohammadi and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-06-09 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MULTISCALE BIOMECHANICS Model biomechanical problems at multiple scales with this cutting-edge technology Multiscale modelling is the set of techniques used to solve physical problems which exist at multiple scales either in space or time. It has been shown to have significant applications in biomechanics, the study of biological systems and their structures, which exist at scales from the macroscopic to the microscopic and beyond, and which produce a myriad of overlapping problems. The next generation of biomechanical researchers therefore has need of the latest multiscale modelling techniques. Multiscale Biomechanics offers a comprehensive introduction to these techniques and their biomechanical applications. It includes both the theory of multiscale biomechanical modelling and its practice, incorporating some of the latest research and surveying a wide range of multiscale methods. The result is a thorough yet accessible resource for researchers looking to gain an edge in their biomechanical modelling. Multiscale Biomechanics readers will find: Practical biomechanical applications for a variety of multiscale methods Detailed discussion of soft and hard tissues, and more An introduction to analysis of advanced topics ranging from stenting, drug delivery systems, and artificial intelligence in biomechanics Multiscale Biomechanics is a useful reference for researchers and scientists in any of the life sciences with an interest in biomechanics, as well as for graduate students in mechanical, biomechanical, biomedical, civil, material, and aerospace engineering.

Book Computer Models in Biomechanics

Download or read book Computer Models in Biomechanics written by Gerhard A. Holzapfel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a collection of papers that were presented at the IUTAM Symposium on “Computer Models in Biomechanics: From Nano to Macro” held at Stanford University, California, USA, from August 29 to September 2, 2011. It contains state-of-the-art papers on: - Protein and Cell Mechanics: coarse-grained model for unfolded proteins, collagen-proteoglycan structural interactions in the cornea, simulations of cell behavior on substrates - Muscle Mechanics: modeling approaches for Ca2+–regulated smooth muscle contraction, smooth muscle modeling using continuum thermodynamical frameworks, cross-bridge model describing the mechanoenergetics of actomyosin interaction, multiscale skeletal muscle modeling - Cardiovascular Mechanics: multiscale modeling of arterial adaptations by incorporating molecular mechanisms, cardiovascular tissue damage, dissection properties of aortic aneurysms, intracranial aneurysms, electromechanics of the heart, hemodynamic alterations associated with arterial remodeling following aortic coarctation, patient-specific surgery planning for the Fontan procedure - Multiphasic Models: solutes in hydrated biological tissues, reformulation of mixture theory-based poroelasticity for interstitial tissue growth, tumor therapies of brain tissue, remodeling of microcirculation in liver lobes, reactions, mass transport and mechanics of tumor growth, water transport modeling in the brain, crack modeling of swelling porous media - Morphogenesis, Biological Tissues and Organs: mechanisms of brain morphogenesis, micromechanical modeling of anterior cruciate ligaments, mechanical characterization of the human liver, in vivo validation of predictive models for bone remodeling and mechanobiology, bridging scales in respiratory mechanics

Book Multiscale Biomechanics

Download or read book Multiscale Biomechanics written by Soheil Mohammadi and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-08-28 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Model biomechanical problems at multiple scales with this cutting-edge technology Multiscale modelling is the set of techniques used to solve physical problems which exist at multiple scales either in space or time. It has been shown to have significant applications in biomechanics, the study of biological systems and their structures, which exist at scales from the macroscopic to the microscopic and beyond, and which produce a myriad of overlapping problems. The next generation of biomechanical researchers therefore has need of the latest multiscale modelling techniques. Multiscale Biomechanics offers a comprehensive introduction to these techniques and their biomechanical applications. It includes both the theory of multiscale biomechanical modelling and its practice, incorporating some of the latest research and surveying a wide range of multiscale methods. The result is a thorough yet accessible resource for researchers looking to gain an edge in their biomechanical modelling. Multiscale Biomechanics readers will also find: An accompanying website hosting sample codes designed to facilitate reader understanding and retention Detailed discussion of soft and hard tissues, and more Introduction to analysis of advanced topics ranging from stenting, drug delivery systems and artificial intelligence in biomechanics Multiscale Biomechanics is a useful reference for researchers and scientists in any of the life sciences with an interest in biomechanics, as well as for graduate students in mechanical, biomechanical, biomedical, civil, material and aerospace engineering.

Book Advances in Brain Mechanics

Download or read book Advances in Brain Mechanics written by Silvia Budday and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-02-04 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Multiscale Modeling of Brain Mechanics

Download or read book Multiscale Modeling of Brain Mechanics written by Rijk De Rooij and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During our entire lifetime, we continuously rely on the brain to facilitate functioning of almost every part of our body. A proper development of the brain and its safe protection are, therefore, of utmost importance. Mechanics plays an important role in both of these aspects. Although evidence for the presence and significance of mechanics in the brain dates back several decades, a thorough understanding of its precise role has not yet been established. Computational modeling provides a powerful tool to investigate the role of mechanics and to probe causal relationships between mechanics and brain development or brain injury that are extremely difficult to obtain with experiments alone. We use and develop computational tools to investigate the role of mechanics in the brain at and across three spatial scales: the subcellular level of individual proteins, the cellular scale of the nerve cell and its axon, and the tissue scale of whole brain. We design a novel finite element framework that allows to assign a molecular mechanism to individual elements that represents the characteristic dynamic behavior of a particular protein at the subcellular level. By embedding these mechanisms into our computational model of the axon, we investigate their effects on emergent properties at the cellular level, such as axon stiffness, viscosity, and damage. Our results demonstrate mechanisms by which dynein and myosin motors, microtubule dynamics, and microtubule disassembly affect axon outgrowth. Our axon model further predicts critical thresholds for axon damage that are consistent with values reported in the literature. We use these results to develop a constitutive model for axon damage that can be embedded in a continuum model at the tissue level. Finally, we propose a continuum multifield model at the tissue level that accurately predicts the development of brain volume and structure during weeks 10-29 of gestation. We couple cell migration to mechanics and volume growth. Our model predicts a wide variety of complex folding patterns ranging from single creases to sinusoidal folding and provides additional insights into the role of mechanics during the complex process of cortical folding.

Book Multiscale Models of Brain Disorders

Download or read book Multiscale Models of Brain Disorders written by Vassilis Cutsuridis and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-11 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on our current understanding of brain dynamics in various brain disorders (e.g. epilepsy, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease) and how the multi-scale, multi-level tools of computational neuroscience can enhance this understanding. In recent years, there have been significant advances in the study of the dynamics of the disordered brain at both the microscopic and the macroscopic levels. This understanding can be furthered by the application of multi-scale computational models as integrative principles that may link single neuron dynamics and the dynamics of local and distant brain regions observed using human EEG, ERPs, MEG, LFPs and fMRI. Focusing on the computational models that are used to study movement, memory and cognitive disorders as well as epilepsy and consciousness related diseases, the book brings together physiologists and anatomists investigating cortical circuits; cognitive neuroscientists studying brain dynamics and behavior by means of EEG and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); and computational neuroscientists using neural modeling techniques to explore local and large-scale disordered brain dynamics. Covering topics that have a significant impact on the field of medicine, neuroscience and computer science, the book appeals to a diverse group of investigators.

Book Multiscale Modelling in Biomedical Engineering

Download or read book Multiscale Modelling in Biomedical Engineering written by Dimitrios I. Fotiadis and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-05-05 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multiscale Modelling in Biomedical Engineering Discover how multiscale modeling can enhance patient treatment and outcomes In Multiscale Modelling in Biomedical Engineering, an accomplished team of biomedical professionals delivers a robust treatment of the foundation and background of a general computational methodology for multi-scale modeling. The authors demonstrate how this methodology can be applied to various fields of biomedicine, with a particular focus on orthopedics and cardiovascular medicine. The book begins with a description of the relationship between multiscale modeling and systems biology before moving on to proceed systematically upwards in hierarchical levels from the molecular to the cellular, tissue, and organ level. It then examines multiscale modeling applications in specific functional areas, like mechanotransduction, musculoskeletal, and cardiovascular systems. Multiscale Modelling in Biomedical Engineering offers readers experiments and exercises to illustrate and implement the concepts contained within. Readers will also benefit from the inclusion of: A thorough introduction to systems biology and multi-scale modeling, including a survey of various multi-scale methods and approaches and analyses of their application in systems biology Comprehensive explorations of biomedical imaging and nanoscale modeling at the molecular, cell, tissue, and organ levels Practical discussions of the mechanotransduction perspective, including recent progress and likely future challenges In-depth examinations of risk prediction in patients using big data analytics and data mining Perfect for undergraduate and graduate students of bioengineering, biomechanics, biomedical engineering, and medicine, Multiscale Modelling in Biomedical Engineering will also earn a place in the libraries of industry professional and researchers seeking a one-stop reference to the basic engineering principles of biological systems.

Book Mathematical Modelling and Biomechanics of the Brain

Download or read book Mathematical Modelling and Biomechanics of the Brain written by Corina Drapaca and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-06 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph aims to provide a rigorous yet accessible presentation of some fundamental concepts used in modeling brain mechanics and give a glimpse of the insights and advances that have arisen as a result of the nascent interaction of the mathematical and neurosurgical sciences. It begins with some historical perspective and a brief synopsis of the biomedical/biological manifestations of the clinical conditions/diseases considered. Each chapter proceeds with a discussion of the various mathematical models of the problems considered, starting with the simplest models and proceeding to more complex models where necessary. A detailed list of relevant references is provided at the end of each chapter. With the beginning research student in mind, the chapters have been crafted to be as self-contained as possible while addressing different clinical conditions and diseases. The book is intended as a brief introduction to both theoreticians and experimentalists interested in brain mechanics, with directions and guidance for further reading, for those who wish to pursue particular topics in greater depth. It can also be used as a complementary textbook in a graduate level course for neuroscientists and neuroengineers.

Book Mathematical Modeling of the Human Brain

Download or read book Mathematical Modeling of the Human Brain written by Kent-André Mardal and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-02-25 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book bridges common tools in medical imaging and neuroscience with the numerical solution of brain modelling PDEs. The connection between these areas is established through the use of two existing tools, FreeSurfer and FEniCS, and one novel tool, the SVM-Tk, developed for this book. The reader will learn the basics of magnetic resonance imaging and quickly proceed to generating their first FEniCS brain meshes from T1-weighted images. The book's presentation concludes with the reader solving a simplified PDE model of gadobutrol diffusion in the brain that incorporates diffusion tensor images, of various resolution, and complex, multi-domain, variable-resolution FEniCS meshes with detailed markings of anatomical brain regions. After completing this book, the reader will have a solid foundation for performing patient-specific finite element simulations of biomechanical models of the human brain.

Book Biomechanics of the Cerebrum at Finite Strain

Download or read book Biomechanics of the Cerebrum at Finite Strain written by Thibault Philippe Prévost and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present study addresses the large strain nonlinear mechanical response of the cerebral cortex at the macroscopic tissue level and at the microscopic cell level. Unconfined uniaxial compression tests were conducted in vitro on cortical samples of porcine brains. The tests consisted of load-unload and relaxation segments to 50% nominal deformation at 0.01 to 10 s-1 strain rates. The tissue exhibited moderate volumetric compressibility, marked hysteretic features, and substantial nonlinearities. Indentation tests - with displacement histories mirroring those imposed in compression - were performed on the cortex of porcine brains in vivo, in situ and in vitro, in order to assess and contrast the mechanical properties of the live and dead tissue. The tissue response shared similar qualitative nonlinear viscoelastic features under all testing conditions, although, quantitatively, the response was found to be significantly stiffer in situ than in vivo. Test protocols were also developed at the neuronal cell level using atomic force microscopy. The response of individual somata to cyclic load-unload and relaxation test sequences was found to be nonlinear with time dependencies and hysteretic patterns similar to those measured at the tissue level. A large strain kinematics nonlinear continuum model was proposed to capture the features of the tissue and cell responses. The model was numerically implemented into a three-dimensional finite-element framework. The continuum formulation was found to successfully account for the main experimental observations gathered in vitro at the tissue and cell levels. The present study provides novel insights into the tissue rheology in vivo, in situ and in vitro, at large strains, in the quasi-static and dynamic strain rate regime and reports the first body of observations on the large strain nonlinear viscoelastic properties of brain tissue in vivo. These observations could be directly compared to those pertaining to the tissue response in situ and in vitro, thereby providing a unique quantitative basis for further refinements of existing biomechanical models relying only on in vitro/situ measurements. The consistent set of mechanical data collected, and the constitutive framework proposed at the tissue and cell levels might support the development of multiscale numerical models to study traumatic brain injury.

Book Understanding the mechanism of traumatic brain injury induced energy metabolism

Download or read book Understanding the mechanism of traumatic brain injury induced energy metabolism written by Guoqiang Xing and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-03-24 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Multiscale Modeling in Biomechanics and Mechanobiology

Download or read book Multiscale Modeling in Biomechanics and Mechanobiology written by Suvranu De and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a state-of-the-art overview of theoretical and computational models that link characteristic biomechanical phenomena, this book provides guidelines and examples for creating multiscale models in representative systems and organisms. It develops the reader's understanding of and intuition for multiscale phenomena in biomechanics and mechanobiology, and introduces a mathematical framework and computational techniques paramount to creating predictive multiscale models. Biomechanics involves the study of the interactions of physical forces with biological systems at all scales – including molecular, cellular, tissue and organ scales. The emerging field of mechanobiology focuses on the way that cells produce and respond to mechanical forces – bridging the science of mechanics with the disciplines of genetics and molecular biology. Linking disparate spatial and temporal scales using computational techniques is emerging as a key concept in investigating some of the complex problems underlying these disciplines. Providing an invaluable field manual for graduate students and researchers of theoretical and computational modelling in biology, this book is also intended for readers interested in biomedical engineering, applied mechanics and mathematical biology.

Book Neural Tissue Biomechanics

Download or read book Neural Tissue Biomechanics written by Lynne E. Bilston and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-07-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Damage to the central nervous system resulting from pathological mechanical loading can occur as a result of trauma or disease. Such injuries lead to significant disability and mortality. The peripheral nervous system, while also subject to injury from trauma and disease, also transduces physiological loading to give rise to sensation, and mechanotransduction is also thought to play a role in neural development and growth. This book gives a complete and quantitative description of the fundamental mechanical properties of neural tissues, and their responses to both physiological and pathological loading. This book reviews the methods used to characterize the nonlinear viscoelastic properties of central and peripheral neural tissues, and the mathematical and sophisticated computational models used to describe this behaviour. Mechanisms and models of neural injury from both trauma and disease are reviewed from the molecular to macroscopic scale. The book provides a comprehensive picture of the mechanical and biological response of neural tissues to the full spectrum of mechanical loading to which they are exposed. This book provides a comprehensive reference for professionals involved in pre prevention of injury to the nervous system, whether this arises from trauma or disease.

Book Multiscale Multimodal Medical Imaging

Download or read book Multiscale Multimodal Medical Imaging written by Xiang Li and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-13 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Multiscale Multimodal Medical Imaging, MMMI 2022, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2022 in singapore, in September 2022. The 12 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 18 submissions. The MMMI workshop aims to advance the state of the art in multi-scale multi-modal medical imaging, including algorithm development, implementation of methodology, and experimental studies. The papers focus on medical image analysis and machine learning, especially on machine learning methods for data fusion and multi-score learning.