From medical images to anatomically accurate finite element grids

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 985-1008

  Cebral, Juan Raul ^a   Lhner, Rainald ^a  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element modelling; Grid generation; Hemodynamics; Medical images

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ANATOMICAL MODELS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MEDICAL APPLICATION;

EID: 0035796808     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.205     Document Type: Article

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