An improved flow evaluation scheme in orifices of different aspect ratios

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 231-244

  Anayiotos, Andreas S ^a,b,d   Elmahdi, Abdelaziz M ^a   Newman, Brent E ^a   Perry, Gilbert J ^b,c   Costa, Fransisco ^b   Agrawal, Dipak ^b   Agrawal, Gopal ^b   DeCarvalho, Claudia T ^b   Nanda, Navin C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Color Doppler flow mapping; Hemodynamics; Numerical simulation; Ultrasound echocardiography; Valvular regurgitation proximal orifice flow field

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; ORIFICES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

COLOR FLOW MAPPING (CFM); EQUIVELOCITY CONTOUR SURFACE AREA; FLOW FIELD DISTRIBUTION;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; RHEOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0030953616     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(96)00228-1     Document Type: Article

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