Ian Stavness, University of British Columbia

Research

Advanced Digital Tools For Surgery Base Of Tongue Tumour Finite Element Methods Functional Outcome Prediction Head And Neck Cancer Modeling And Simulation Patient Specific Modeling Radial Forearm Free-Flap Tongue Reconstruction

Latest papers

Do innate stereotypies serve as a basis for swallowing and learned speech movements?
The Behavioral and brain sciences · 2017
A finite element model of the face including an orthotropic skin model under in vivo tension.
Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering · 2015
Predicting muscle patterns for hemimandibulectomy models.
Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering · 2010 · first author

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Patient-Specific Digital Planning of Head and Neck Surgery using Model-based Prediction of Swallowing
CIHR · 2016 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 1 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Do innate stereotypies serve as a basis for swallowing and learned speech movements?

Mayer C, Roewer-Despres F, Stavness I, Gick B

The Behavioral and brain sciences2017

DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x16001928 PMID: 29342814

02

A finite element model of the face including an orthotropic skin model under in vivo tension.

Flynn C, Stavness I, Lloyd J, Fels S

Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering2015

DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2013.820720 PMID: 23919890

03

Predicting muscle patterns for hemimandibulectomy models.

Stavness I, Hannam AG, Lloyd JE, Fels S

Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering2010First author

DOI: 10.1080/10255841003762034 PMID: 20635264

04

Towards predicting biomechanical consequences of jaw reconstruction.

Stavness I, Hannam AG, Lloyd JE, Fels S

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference2008First author

DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4650229 PMID: 19163732

Patient-Specific Digital Planning of Head and Neck Surgery using Model-based Prediction of Swallowing

Principal investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fels, Sidney S; Rieger, Jana M; Stavness, Ian

Keywords: Advanced Digital Tools For Surgery; Base Of Tongue Tumour; Finite Element Methods; Functional Outcome Prediction; Head And Neck Cancer; Modeling And Simulation; Patient Specific Modeling; Radial Forearm Free-Flap Tongue Reconstruction; Surgical Prediction; Swallowing

$100,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Sidney Fels

Surgery

3 shared papers, latest 2015

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