A Meshless Method to Simulate the Interactions Between A Large Soft Tissue and A Surgical Grasper
نویسندگان
1 Mechanical Engineering Department Sharif University of Technology RCBTR, Tehran University of Medical Sciences P.O.Box 11155-9567 Azadi Ave, Tehran, Iran
2 Mechanical Engineering Department Sharif University of Technology P.O.Box 11155-9567 Azadi Ave, Tehran, Iran
3 Mechanical Engineering Department Sharif University of Technology P.O.Box 11155-9567 Azadi Ave, Tehran, Iran
4 Mechanical Engineering Department Sharif University of Technology P.O.Box 11155-9567 Azadi Ave, Tehran, Iran
5 Institute of Microengineering EPFL CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
doi
10.24200/sci.2016.3835چکیده
Realistic simulation of tool-tissue interactions can help to develop more effective surgical training systems and simulators. This study used a finite element and meshless modeling approaches to simulate the grasping procedure of a large intra-abdominal organ, i.e., kidney, during laparoscopic surgery. Results indicated that the accuracy of meshless method was comparable with that of the finite element, with the root mean square errors in the range of 0.8 to 2.3 mm in different directions. For the model presented in this study, the computational cost of the meshless method, was much less than that of the finite element model.
