A Boundary Element Method for Simulation of Deformable Objects

In this paper, a boundary element method is first applied to real-time animation of deformable objects and to simplify data preparation. Next, the visible external surface of the object in deforming process is represented by B-spline surface, whose control points are embedded in dynamic equations of BEM. Finally, the above method is applied to anatomical simulation. A pituitary model in human brain, which is reconstructed from a set of anatomical sections, is selected to be the deformable object under actio…