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Volumetric Modeling in Laser BPH Therapy Simulation
November/December 2010 (vol. 16 no. 6)
pp. 1405-1412
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Nan Zhang, Xiangmin Zhou, Yunhe Shen, Robert Sweet, "Volumetric Modeling in Laser BPH Therapy Simulation," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 1405-1412, November/December, 2010.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/TVCG.2010.221,
author = {Nan Zhang and Xiangmin Zhou and Yunhe Shen and Robert Sweet},
title = {Volumetric Modeling in Laser BPH Therapy Simulation},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
volume = {16},
number = {6},
issn = {1077-2626},
year = {2010},
pages = {1405-1412},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TVCG.2010.221},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - JOUR
JO - IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
TI - Volumetric Modeling in Laser BPH Therapy Simulation
IS - 6
SN - 1077-2626
SP1405
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EPD - 1405-1412
A1 - Nan Zhang,
A1 - Xiangmin Zhou,
A1 - Yunhe Shen,
A1 - Robert Sweet,
PY - 2010
KW - Volume modeling
KW - volume CSG
KW - controlled-volume vaporization
KW - medical simulation
KW - laser BPH simulator
VL - 16
JA - IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
ER -
 
Nan Zhang, University of Minnesota
Xiangmin Zhou, University of Minnesota
Yunhe Shen, University of Minnesota
Robert Sweet, University of Minnesota
In this paper, we introduce a novel application of volume modeling techniques on laser Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) therapy simulation. The core technique in our system is an algorithm for simulating the tissue vaporization process by laser heating. Different from classical volume CSG operations, our technique takes experimental data as the guidance to determine the vaporization amount so that only a specified amount of tissue is vaporized in each time. Our algorithm uses a predictor-corrector strategy. First, we apply the classical CSG algorithm on a tetrahedral grid based distance field to estimate the vaporized tissue amount. Then, a volume-correction phase is applied on the distance field. To improve the performance, we further propose optimization approaches for efficient implementation.

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Index Terms:
Volume modeling, volume CSG, controlled-volume vaporization, medical simulation, laser BPH simulator
Citation:
Nan Zhang, Xiangmin Zhou, Yunhe Shen, Robert Sweet, "Volumetric Modeling in Laser BPH Therapy Simulation," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 1405-1412, Nov.-Dec. 2010, doi:10.1109/TVCG.2010.221
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