Wednesday, 13 October 2004 - 10:55 AM

This presentation is part of : Wineman Symposium

Applications of viscoelasticity theory to Brain Biomechanics

Siv Sivaloganathan, University of Waterloo, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Department of Applied Mathematics, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

In earlier work we modelled the brain as a porous elastic medium containing an incompressible fluid. In this talk, I will discuss the use of quasilinear viscoelasticity theory in modelling the brain. The aim in both these approaches is to be able to eventually predict the ventricular wall configuration in shunted hydrocephalus which would be of practical use and relevance to the neurosurgeon.

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