Estimating the Relative Stiffness between a Hepatic Lesion and the Liver Parenchyma through Biomechanical Simulations of the Breathing Process

Figure 2

Model and mesh of liver and tumour in the end-exhale state and in the end-inhale state.

(a) Segmentation of liver and tumour in the end-exhale state

(b) FE meshes of liver and tumour in the end-exhale state

(c) Segmentation of liver and tumour in the end-inhale state

(d) FE meshes of liver and tumour in the end-inhale state