Human Communication Technologies Lab

OPAL
Oral, Pharyngeal, and Laryngeal Biomechanical Simluation

A Project by
Rafeef Abugharbieh
Robert Bridson
Sidney Fels
John Loyd
Dinesh Pai
Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson
Fernanda Almeida
Peter Anderson
Donald Derrick
Ian Stavness

Abstract
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Advancing the state of the art of three-dimensional dynamic computer simulation of anatomical and physiological structures modeling by constructing a complete, physically-based, three-dimensional model of the human Oral, Pharyngeal and Laryngeal (OPAL) complex and studying its application to disorders of this area.

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Funding

We gratefully acknowledge our funding partners:

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Zak Technologies Inc.
Northern Digital Inc (NDI)

Publications

PDF	bibtex	Sidney S. Fels and John E. Lloyd and Ian Stavness and Florian Vogt and Alan Hannam and Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson. *ArtiSynth: A 3D biomechanical simulation toolkit for modeling anatomical structures.* Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Volume 2. No. 2. Pages 148. 2007. 2007.
PDF	bibtex	Florian Vogt and John E. Lloyd and Stephanie Buchaillard and Pascal Perrier and Matthieu Chabanas and Yohan Payan and Sidney S. Fels. *An Efficient Biomechanical Tongue Model for Speech Research.* Proceedings of ISSP 06. Pages 51-58. 2006. 2006.
PDF	bibtex	Sidney S. Fels and John E. Lloyd and Kees van den Doel and Florian Vogt and Ian Stavness and Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson. *Developing Physically-Based, Dynamic Vocal Tract Models using ArtiSynth.* Proceedings of ISSP 06. Pages 419-426. 2006. 2006.
PDF	bibtex	Ian Stavness and Alan G. Hannam and John E. Lloyd and Sidney Fels. *An Integrated, Dynamic Jaw and Laryngeal Model Constructed From CT Data.* Proceedings of ISBMS 06 in Springer LNCS 4072. Pages 169-177. 2006. 2006.
PDF	bibtex	Florian Vogt and John E. Lloyd and Stephanie Buchaillard and Pascal Perrier and Matthieu Chabanas and Yohan Payan and Sidney S. Fels. *Investigation of Efficient 3D Finite Element Modeling of a Muscle-Activated Tongue.* Proceedings of ISBMS 06 in Springer LNCS 4072. Pages 19-28. 2006. 2006.
PDF	bibtex	Sidney Fels and Florian Vogt and Kees van den Doel and John Lloyd and Ian Stavness and Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson. *ArtiSynth: A Biomechanical Simulation Platform for the Vocal Tract and Upper Airway.* No. TR-2006-10. Computer Science Dept., University of British Columbia.

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Sidney Fels