Unsteady flow through a new mechanical heart valve prosthesis analysed by digital particle image velocimetry

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1043-1049

  Brucker Ch ^a   Steinseifer, U ^b   Schroder W ^a   Reul, H ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Triflo Medical GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

DPIV; Heart valve flow; Image processing; Occluder motion

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PULSATILE FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAKES;

DIGITAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY;

UNSTEADY FLOW;

MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MEDICAL APPLICATION; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETER; UNSTEADY FLOW; VALVE;

EID: 0036646795     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/13/7/311     Document Type: Article

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