2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of a simulation system to predict postoperative thorax shape in surgical correction for pectus excavatum
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21500453
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Medical systems
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| Research Institution | Keio University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
TAMAKI Tamotsu 日本工業大学, 機械工学科, 教授 (10049695)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | バイオメカニクス / シミュレーション |
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| Research Abstract |
Pectus excavatum, or funnel chest, is a type of congenital deformity where the thorax presents concavity at its central part. In the currently most popular correction method for the pectus excavatum, U-shaped bars are placed beneath the sternum and rotated to elevate it. Although this correction method is easy to perform, prediction of postoperative thorax shape had been remained as a challenging problem with this method. By using the finite element method, the authors developed a technique to perform the prediction of postoperative thorax shapes after the correction.
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Research Products
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