Characterization of an artificial valve flow using the numerical dye washout visualization technique: Application to the monoleaflet valve with purged flow

Artificial Organs

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 642-650

  Goubergrits, Leonid ^a   Timmel, Tobias ^a   Affeld, Klaus ^a   Petz, Christoph ^a   Stalling, Detlev ^b   Hege, Hans Christian ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ZUSE INSTITUTE BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Dye washout; Half dye time; Heart valve; Visualization

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEAR STRESS; VISUALIZATION;

DYE WASHOUT; HALF DYE TIME; HEART VALVES; MONOLEAFLET; OPTIMISATIONS; STAGNANT ZONES; THROMBUS FORMATION; VALVE DESIGN; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

DYE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COLOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME;

THROMBUS;

EID: 33746386468     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2006.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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