Finite element modeling of three-dimensional pulsatile flow in the abdominal aorta: Relevance to atherosclerosis

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 975-987

  Taylor, Charles A ^a,b,c   Hughes, Thomas J R ^b   Zarins, Christopher K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational methods; Hemodynamics; Parallel computing; Plaque localization; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ALGORITHM; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; RENAL ARTERY;

ALGORITHMS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; RENAL ARTERY;

EID: 0032199174     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.140     Document Type: Article

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