Patient-specific modeling is a relatively new paradigm inmedical planning that utilizes computational tools onanatomical and physiological data to individualize patientcare. It has the potential to optimize surgical proceduresand to improve diagnosis and treatment of a number ofcommon diseases. To these ends, image-based patient-specific modeling techniques have been used to studyvarious organs and tissue dynamics including the heart, thebrain, bones, teeth, kidneys, tumors, lungs and the cardio-vascular system