Towards a noninvasive method for determination of patient-specific wall strength distribution in abdominal aortic aneurysms

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1098-1106

  Vande Geest, Jonathan P ^a,b,e   Wang, David H J ^a,b   Wisniewski, Stephen R ^c   Makaroun, Michel S ^a   Vorp, David A ^a,b,d  

^a Division of Vascular Surgery   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MCGOWAN INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Rupture; Statistical modeling; Strength; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; RUPTURE; STATISTICAL MODELING; STRENGTH; STRESS;

HOSPITALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGING; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGING; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33746083572     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-006-9132-6     Document Type: Article

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