Abstract

Human spine modeling started gaining its popularity in world war II for military purposes as a result of studying the phenomenon of pilot spine cracking during ejection. It started with simple beam modeling and continued to get more complicated and realistic. Modeling the spine is a challenging problem because of its detailed anatomical structure, the motion of soft and bone tissues and the deformations that occur during different loads. Realistic spine modeling is expected to have a significant impact in a world where spinal injuries and deformities account for a large percentage of all injuries. In this research, a spinal toolbox, for modeling lumbar spine, was built which contains different types of models (i.e. spinal element, Ligaments, discs, and beam models) to be used for specific loading cases. A full Lumbar spine was also built to study the effect of different loads and to work as the first attempt to build a realistic spine model for image guided laparoscopic surgery. These models were tested under different loading conditions and showed good agreement with experimental data. A visualization module which uses a three-dimensional-geometric-model of the lun1bar spine was built to produce MPG movie files.

School

School of Sciences and Engineering

Date of Award

6-1-2002

Online Submission Date

1-1-2002

First Advisor

Ahmed Sameh

Committee Member 1

Amr Goneid

Committee Member 2

Awad Khalil

Committee Member 3

Aly Fahmy

Document Type

Thesis

Extent

109 leaves

Library of Congress Subject Heading 1

Computer simulation.

Library of Congress Subject Heading 2

Three-dimensional display systems.

Library of Congress Subject Heading 3

Apuleius.;Apuleius

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The author retains all rights with regard to copyright. The author certifies that written permission from the owner(s) of third-party copyrighted matter included in the thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study has been obtained. The author further certifies that IRB approval has been obtained for this thesis, or that IRB approval is not necessary for this thesis. Insofar as this thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study is an educational record as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 USC 1232g), the author has granted consent to disclosure of it to anyone who requests a copy.

Call Number

Thesis 2002/35

Location

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