Summary: Int J CARS
DOI 10.1007/s11548-009-0381-3
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Hybrid 3D pregnant woman and fetus modeling from medical
imaging for dosimetry studies
Lazar Bibin · Jérémie Anquez · Elsa Angelini ·
Isabelle Bloch
Received: 11 January 2009 / Accepted: 8 June 2009
© CARS 2009
Abstract
Purpose Numerical simulations studying the interactions
between radiations and biological tissues require the use of
three-dimensional models of the human anatomy at various
ages and in various positions. Several detailed and flexible
models exist for adults and children and have been exten-
sively used for dosimetry. On the other hand, progress of
simulation studies focusing on pregnant women and the fetus
have been limited by the fact that only a small number of
models exist with rather coarse anatomical details and a poor
representation of the anatomical variability of the fetus shape

Source: Angelini, Elsa -Département Traitement du Signal et des Images, Telecom ParisTech

Collections: Engineering; Biology and Medicine