The Influence of Inflow Boundary Conditions on Intra Left Ventricle Flow Predictions

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 922-927

  Long, Q ^a,c   Merrifield, R ^a   Yang, G Z ^a   Kilner, P J ^b   Firmin, D N ^b   Xu, X Y ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BLOOD FLOW;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE MODEL; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MITRAL VALVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0742306268     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1635404     Document Type: Article

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