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Bounds for damping that guarantee stability in mass-spring systems

  • Yogendra Bhasin
  • , Alan Liu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Mass-spring systems are often used to model anatomical structures in medical simulation. They can produce plausible deformations in soft tissue, and are computationally efficient. Determining damping values for a stable mass-spring system can be difficult. Previously stable models can become unstable with topology changes, such as during cutting. In this paper, we derive bounds for the damping coefficient in a mass-spring system. Our formulation can be used to evaluate the stability for user specified damping values, or to compute values that are unconditionally stable.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedicine Meets Virtual Reality 14 - Accelerating Change in Healthcare
Subtitle of host publicationNext Medical Toolkit, MMVR 2006
PublisherIOS Press
Pages55-60
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)1586035835, 9781586035839
StatePublished - 2006
EventMedicine Meets Virtual Reality 14 - Accelerating Change in Healthcare: Next Medical Toolkit, MMVR 2006 - Long Beach, CA, United States
Duration: 24 Jan 200627 Jan 2006

Publication series

NameStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume119
ISSN (Print)0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8365

Conference

ConferenceMedicine Meets Virtual Reality 14 - Accelerating Change in Healthcare: Next Medical Toolkit, MMVR 2006
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLong Beach, CA
Period24/01/0627/01/06

Keywords

  • Deformable models
  • Mass-spring
  • Medical simulation
  • Stability bounds

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