Accuracy of computational hemodynamics in complex arterial geometries reconstructed from magnetic resonance imaging

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-41

  Moore, J A ^a   Steinman, D A ^b,c   Holdsworth, D W ^b,c   Ethier, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Blood flow; Carotid artery; Magnetic resonance imaging; Numerical flow modeling; Three dimensional; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CAROTID ARTERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

CAROTID ARTERIES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 0032622421     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.163     Document Type: Article

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