Automated Generation of Three-Dimensional Complex Muscle Geometries for Use in Personalised Musculoskeletal Models.

ABSTRACT: The geometrical representation of muscles in computational models of the musculoskeletal system typically consists of a series of line segments. These muscle anatomies are based on measurements from a limited number of cadaveric studies that recently have been used as atlases for creating subject-specific models from medical images, so potentially restricting the options for personalisation and assessment of muscle geometrical models. To overcome this methodological limitation, we propose a novel, completely automated technique that, from a surface geometry of a skeletal muscle and its attachment areas, can generate an arbitrary number of lines of action (fibres) composed by a user-defined number of straight-line segments. These fibres can be included in standard musculoskeletal models and

SUBMITTER: Modenese L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7280327 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature