Real-time rendering of drug injection and interactive simulation of vessel deformation using GPU

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2013:2013:4569-72. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610564.

Abstract

Developing patient specific model for the simulation of chemotherapy drug injection is important in medical application. This paper proposed a two-phase fluidic method to simulate chemotherapy drug injection and an improved lumped element method to simulate deformation of vessel at real-time by using GPU for general computing. Firstly, a three-dimensional (3-D) model of hepatic vessels is reconstructed from clinical CT-images using multi-layer method. A 3-D thinning algorithm based on Valence Driven Spatial Median (VDSM) is applied to generate unit-width skeleton of the vessel tree. The two-phase flow simulation of drug injection is based on Hagen-Poiseuille model by introducing a friction factor using bubbly flow Reynolds number. The improved lumped element method achieves good simulation realism at high computational speed to simulate deformable object. Real-time rendering and interaction of vessel deformation, self collision, and surface tearing has been realized and demonstrated in a virtual experiment.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Blood Vessels / drug effects*
  • Computer Simulation*
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
  • Injections
  • Liver / blood supply*
  • Liver / pathology
  • Models, Anatomic
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • User-Computer Interface

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents