Fluid-structure interaction within realistic three-dimensional models of the aneurysmatic aorta as a guidance to assess the risk of rupture of the aneurysm

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 647-655

  Di Martino, E S ^a   Guadagni, G ^a   Fumero, A ^b   Ballerini, G ^b   Spirito, R ^b   Biglioli, P ^b   Redaelli, A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Fluid structure interaction; Wall mechanics

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; IMAGE PROCESSING; RISKS; SURGERY; TISSUE;

ANEURYSM;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THROMBUS;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RISK; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035692648     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(01)00093-5     Document Type: Article

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