A 3D biomechanical model of the human brain is being developed. Currently, the model is used to predict tumor growth “mass effect” (movement of brain tissue due to the tumor) and, thus, to improve image registration of various normal to tumor-bearing images
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[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
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Date of Conference: Oct 1999