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  • Computational mechanics
  • Surgical simulation
  • Biomedical engineering

Background:

  • Interactive surgical simulation of human skin mechanics remains challenging.
  • Previous methods like finite element method (FEM) and mass-spring networks have limitations in accuracy and stability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present an interactive facial flaps simulator using projective dynamics.
  • To demonstrate the advantages of projective dynamics for soft tissue simulation.

Main Methods:

  • Developed an interactive facial flaps simulator utilizing the projective dynamics computational framework.
  • Implemented surgical tools for incision, undermining, deep tissue cutting, excision, retraction, and suturing.
  • Projective dynamics ensures rapid, stable results despite changes in tissue resistance and collisions.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated successful simulations of various reconstructive surgeries including lip, forehead, ear, and cheek defects.
  • The projective dynamics framework effectively handles complex soft tissue deformations and interactions.

Conclusions:

  • Projective dynamics provides significant advantages over FEM and mass-spring methods for interactive soft tissue surgical simulation.
  • This framework enhances the realism and efficiency of surgical training tools.