Injection-moulded models of major and minor arteries: The variability of model wall thickness owing to casting technique

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 219, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 381-386

  O'Brien, Thomas ^a   Morris, L ^a   O'Donnell, M ^a   Walsh, M ^a   McGloughlin, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Injection moulding; Vascular models; Wall thickness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; INJECTION MOLDING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; CCD CAMERAS; MOLDING;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR MODELS; WALL THICKNESS;

BLOOD VESSELS; INJECTION MOLDING;

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CASTING TECHNIQUES; DESIGN SPECIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; INTEGRATED TECHNIQUES; RADIOLOGICAL IMAGES; VASCULAR MODEL; WALL THICKNESS;

ANATOMY; ANIMAL; ARTERY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 27744580957     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 09544119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095441105X34347     Document Type: Article

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