Real-time Soft Tissue Modelling on GPU for Medical Simulation

First of all, I would like to warmly thank Sébastien Ourselin. Back in 2007, he accepted me for doing a PhD in his lab (e-Health Research Centre, Brisbane, Australia) and gave me the opportunity to work on state-of-the-art topics like GPGPU programming for instance. He also thought that developing a fast shell-based finite element model for soft tissues would make a great PhD topic. And after the completion of my PhD, I must say that he was right. So thanks a lot Seb for all your help and support during the 9 months we worked together and even beyond. Thank you as well for all the good wines you brought at each BBQ we did in Brisbane. And yes, Australians can be proud of their wine. Last but not least, thanks for not doing anything to compromise the success of my PhD once you were at UCL. I very much appreciated this and I will not forget it. Merci pour tout Seb. I would now like to express my deep and sincere gratitude to my supervisor, Stéphane Cotin. I greatly appreciated to work with you during these three years. Your great understanding of the field and your logical way of thinking have bee