Stress analysis of carotid plaque rupture based on in vivo high resolution MRI

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2611-2622

  Li, Zhi Yong ^a   Howarth, Simon ^a   Trivedi, Rikin A ^a   U King Im, Jean M ^a   Graves, Martin J ^a   Brown, Andrew ^b   Wang, Liqun ^c   Gillard, Jonathan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid; MRI; Plaque rupture; Stress

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID; ISCHAEMIC STROKES; PLAQUE RUPTURE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SPECTROSCOPY;

AGED; AORTIC RUPTURE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID STENOSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33749132154     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.08.022     Document Type: Article

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