Local influence of calcifications on the wall mechanics of abdominal aortic aneurysm

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6143 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  De Putter, Sander ^a   Van De Vosse, Frans N ^a   Breeuwer, Marcel ^b   Gerritsen, Frans A ^a,b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Calcification; Finite element method; Sensitivity analysis; Wall stress

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; CALCIFICATION; WALL STRESS;

DISEASES;

EID: 33745334331     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.650480     Document Type: Conference Paper

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