The influence of the blunting of the apex on the flow in a vertebro-basilar junction model

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-205

  Ravensbergen, J ^a   Krijger, J K B ^a   Verdaasdonk, A L ^a   Hillen, B ^a   Hoogstraten, H W ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; BONE; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW PATTERNS; SHEAR FLOW; WALL FLOW;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD RECIRCULATION; BLUNTED VERTEBRO-BASILAR JUNCTION APEX;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ANEMOMETRY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CADAVER; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRESS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD CIRCULATION; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0031148685     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2796080     Document Type: Article

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