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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Eng Phys. 2008 Sep 23;31(2):195–206. doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.08.002

Fig. 6.

Fig. 6

FE mesh of the prostate with its surrounding tissue generated from the segmented MR image used for simulation studies. (a) Close-up view of the simulation case where no cohesive elements surround the prostate (NoCoh). (b) Close-up view of the simulation case where prostate gland is surrounded by cohesive elements (in bold black) (Coh). Also shown are the data points at which nodal displacement were measured and the point of applied displacement used to simulate needle insertion.