Particle image velocimetry for flow analysis in longitudinal planes across a mechanical artificial heart valve

Artificial Organs

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 507-513

  Castellini, Paolo ^a   Pinotti, Marcos ^b   Scalise, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artificial heart valve; Flow pattern near vessel wall; Particle image velocimetry

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEART; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; STEADY FLOW; VALVES (MECHANICAL); VELOCIMETERS;

ARTIFICIAL HEART VALVES; DOWN-STREAM; FLOW ANALYSIS; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW PATTERN NEAR VESSEL WALL; IN-VITRO; MECHANICAL; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY TECHNIQUE; STEADY-STATE FLOWS; VESSEL WALLS;

VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FLOW RATE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL ARTIFICIAL HEART VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 2542443814     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2004.07271.x     Document Type: Article

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