Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences: Methods and Applications

Preface.- Structural shear stress evaluation of triple periodic minimal surfaces, by H.A. Almeida, P.J. Bártolo.- On the numerical microstructural modeling of vascular tissues, by Estefania Peña.- What exists in the scientific literature about biomechanical models in pelvic floor? - A systematic review, by Renato Andrade, Rui Viana, Sara Viana, Thuane da Roza, Teresa Mascarenhas, Renato Natal Jorge.- The impairment of female pelvic ligaments and its relation to pelvic floor dysfunction: biomechanical analysis, by Sofia Brandão, Marco Parente, Ana Rita Silva, Thuane Da Roza, Teresa Mascarenhas, Isabel Ramos, Renato Natal Jorge.- Pelvic floor muscles behavior in practitioners of high and low impact sports, by Thuane Da Roza, Sofia Brandão, Teresa Mascarenhas, José Alberto Duarte, Renato Natal Jorge.- Effects of a pelvic floor muscle training in nulliparous athletes with urinary incontinence: biomechanical models protocol, by M Sousa, R Viana, S Viana, T Da Roza, R Azevedo, M Araújo, C Festas, T Mascarenhas, R Natal Jorge.- Biomechanical study of the cervical spine, by Tatiana Teixeira, Luísa Costa Sousa, Renato Natal Jorge, Marco Parente, João Maia Gonçalves, Rolando Freitas.- Injury simulation of anterior cruciate ligament using isogeometric analysis, by J.P.S. Ferreira, M.P.L. Parente, R.M. Natal Jorge.- Influence of flexing load position on the loading of cruciate ligaments at the knee - A graphics-based analysis, by A. Imran.- Modelling and simulation in orthopedic biomechanics - applications and limitations, by A. Imran.- One-dimensional modelling of the coronary circulation. Application to noninvasive quantification of fractional flow reserve (FFR), by Etienne Boileau, Perumal Nithiarasu.- Prediction of carotid hemodynamic descriptors based on ultrasound data and a neural network model, by Catarina F. Castro, Carlos Conceição António, Luísa Costa Sousa.- Computer image registration techniques applied to nuclear medicine image, by RaquelS. Alves, João Manuel R.S. Tavares.- Segmentation and 3D Reconstruction of Animal Tissues in Histological Images, by Liliana Azevedo, Augusto M. R. Faustino, João Manuel R. S. Tavares.- Ischemic region segmentation in rat heart photos using DRLSE algorithm, by Regina C. Coelho, Salety F. Baracho, Vinícius V. de Melo, Carlos Marcelo G. de Godoy.- Pectoral and breast segmentation technique based on texture information, by Khamsa Djaroudib, Pascal Lorenz, Abdelmalik Taleb Ahmed, Abdelmadjid Zidani.- Statistical and physical micro-feature-based segmentation of cortical bone images using artificial intelligence, by Ilige S. Hage, Ramsey F. Hamade.- Human motion segmentation using active shape models, by Maria João M. Vasconcelos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares.- 3D Vocal tract reconstruction using magnetic resonance imaging data to study fricative consonant production, by Sandra R. Ventura, Diamantino R. Freitas, Isabel M. Ramos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares.