Modeling the consequences of tongue surgery on tongue mobility

Stéphanie Buchaillard (1) , Muriel Brix (2) , Pascal Perrier (1) , Yohan Payan (3)

1 GIPSA-AABC - GIPSA - Acoustique, Aéroacoustique, Biomécanique et Contrôle
2 CHUGA - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire [CHU Grenoble]
3 TIMC-IMAG-GMCAO - Gestes Medico-chirurgicaux Assistés par Ordinateur

This paper presents the current achievements of a long term project aiming at predicting and assessing the impact of tongue and mouth floor surgery on tongue mobility. The ultimate objective of this project is the design of a software with which surgeons should be able (1) to design a 3D biomechanical model of the tongue and of the mouth floor that matches the anatomical characteristics of each patient specific oral cavity, (2) to simulate the anatomical changes induced by the surgery and the possible reconstruction, and (3) to quantitatively predict and assess the consequences of these anatomical changes on tongue mobility and speech production after surgery.

Mots clés: finite element model; computer-aided surgery; glossectomy; maxillo-facial surgery; tongue model; speech production; biomechanics

Domaines: Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]; Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]; Ingénierie biomédicale; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]

Stéphanie Buchaillard, Muriel Brix, Pascal Perrier, Yohan Payan. Modeling the consequences of tongue surgery on tongue mobility. Surgetica'2007: Computer-Aided Medical Interventions: tools and applications, 2007, -, France. pp.261-263. ⟨hal-00173394⟩