Table of Contents

Simulation of Biophysical Processes.- Computer Prediction of Friction in Balloon Angioplasty and Stent Implantation.- Real Time Simulation of Organ Motions Induced by Breathing: First Evaluation on Patient Data.- Efficient 3D Finite Element Modeling of a Muscle-Activated Tongue.- A 3-D Computational Model for Multicellular Tissue Growth.- Hierarchical Multi-resolution Finite Element Model for Soft Body Simulation.- Simulation of the Retroglossal Fluid-Structure Interaction During Obstructive Sleep Apnea.- Image Based Musculoskeletal Modeling Allows Personalized Biomechanical Analysis of Gait.- Real-Time Simulation for Global Deformation of Soft Tissue Using Deformable Centerline and Medial Representation.- The Framework for Real-Time Simulation of Deformable Soft-Tissue Using a Hybrid Elastic Model.- Systems and Applications.- A Flexible Framework for Highly-Modular Surgical Simulation Systems.- An Introduction to GPU Accelerated Surgical Simulation.- Simulation of Cardiac Activation Patterns for Checking Suggestions About the Suitability of Multi-lead ECG Electrode Arrays.- Simulation of the Continuous Curvilinear Capsulorhexis Procedure.- Annotated Surgical Manipulation for Simulator-Based Surgical Skill-Transfer Using SiRE – Simulation Record Editor.- Real-Time Area-Based Haptic Rendering for a Palpation Simulator.- New Methods for Video-Based Tracking of Laparoscopic Tools.- Anatomical Modeling and Tissue Properties.- Mechanical Characterization of the Liver Capsule and Parenchyma.- Parameter Optimisation of a Linear Tetrahedral Mass Tensor Model for a Maxillofacial Soft Tissue Simulator.- An Integrated Dynamic Jaw and Laryngeal Model Constructed from CT Data.- Simulation of Stomach Specimens Generation Based on Deformation of Preoperative CT Images.- 3DCylindrical B-Spline Segmentation of Carotid Arteries from MRI Images.- Simulation of Soft-Tissue Deformations for Breast Augmentation Planning.- Local Mesh Adaptation for Soft Tissue Simulation.