Detailed knowledge about individual material behaviour of human tissue will
be measured, calculated and included in the material database. Parallel
to acquiring new material knowledge by applying innovative magnetic resonance
techniques (such as MRSI and
DTI), material properties are collected from literature.
Particular features required by the SimBio evaluation applications
will be given priority. Nevertheless, the structure of the material database
will facilitate rapid inclusion of new data for extended applications.
The database format will be defined in conjunction with the CORBA interfacing
activities.
During the execution of the project, advances in other methods of material
modelling will be monitored and inclusion in SimBio investigated.
One such option is the use of recently developed micro-scanning techniques
for determining the material properties of hard and soft tissues.
