Computational modeling of vascular anastomoses

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 235-250

  Migliavacca, Francesco ^a   Dubini, Gabriele ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; GRAFTS; HEMODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE;

COMPUTATIONAL STRUCTUAL (CS) ANALYSIS; HEART DISEASES; PATHOGENESIS; VASCULAR ANASTOMOSES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; HEART; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; ARTERIOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 21544463728     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-005-0070-2     Document Type: Review

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