Computational fluid dynamics modeling and analysis of the effect of 3-D distortion of the human aortic arch

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 249-260

  Mori, Daisuke ^a   Yamaguchi, Takami ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 D distortion; Aneurysm; Aortic arch; Blood flow; CFD; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; AORTIC ANEURYSMS; AORTIC ARCH; BLOOD FLOW; CENTERLINES; CFD MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL; REALISTIC MODEL; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEMODYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARCHES;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0036594329     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255840290010698     Document Type: Article

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