Efficient pipeline for image-based patient-specific analysis of cerebral aneurysm hemodynamics: Technique and sensitivity

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 457-467

  Cebral, Juan R ^a   Castro, Marcelo A ^a   Appanaboyina, Sunil ^a   Putman, Christopher M ^b   Millan, Daniel ^c   Frangi, Alejandro F ^c  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

^b INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Computational fluid dynamics; Rotational angiography; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEMODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANEURYSM FORMATION; BLOOD FLOW; CEREBRAL ANEURYSM; ROTATIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BRAIN; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17444424630     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2005.844159     Document Type: Article

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