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The research of laryngeal joints to reconstruction and modeling

Issue title: Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology – Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, 25–28 September 2014, Beijing, China

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Zhang, Yi | Shi, Tingchun;

Affiliations: Research Center for Bio-Manufacturing, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310037, China

Note: [] Corresponding author: Tingchun Shi, Research Center for Bio-Manufacturing, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310037, China. Tel.: 13216702816; Fax: 057187713528; E-mail: [email protected].

Keywords: laryngeal joints, finite element, laryngeal reconstruction, three-dimensional reconstruction

DOI: 10.3233/BME-141079

Journal: Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 2627-2634, 2014

Published: 2014
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Abstract

Larynx has a complex structure with joints and multiple functions. In order to study the artificial larynx and artificial auricle scaffold, a three-dimensional digital model of laryngeal joint is established in this paper using MIMICS with its biomechanical properties analyzed and calculated by using the finite element method. This model is based on the CT scanned images of 281 layers with an interlamellar spacing of 1.25 mm. The obtained data are denoised, segmented and smoothed before being loaded into MIMICS. By further optimizations, an accurate and complete 3D model can be obtained. Subsequently, a 3D FEM of the normal larynx joint is performed which allows observations from any dimensions and angles. Compared with natural laryngeal joint, this model has good geometric similarity and mechanically similar throat voicing functions.

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