Towards an index predicting rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) BED

Volumn 50, Issue , 2001, Pages 821-822

  Di Martino, Elena ^a   Guadagni, Gualtiero ^a   Corno, Chiara ^a   Fumero, Andrea ^b   Spirito, Rita ^b   Biglioli, Paolo ^b   Redaelli, Alberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE;

ANEURYSMS;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 0242524612     PISSN: 10716947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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