A three-dimensional cerebrovascular flow phantom

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1589-1599

  Fahrig, R ^a   Nikolov, H ^a   Fox, A J ^a   Holdsworth, D W ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anatomical models; Blood flow velocity; Cerebral aneurysms; Cerebral vasculature; Circle of Willis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL LIFE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW VELOCITY; HEMODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ANATOMICAL MODELS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS; CEREBRAL VASCULATURE; CIRCLE OF WILLIS;

PHANTOMS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032799904     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598672     Document Type: Article

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