Anatomical flow phantoms of the nonplanar carotid bifurcation, Part I: Computer-aided design and fabrication

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 296-302

  Watts, D M ^a   Sutcliffe, C J ^a   Morgan, R H ^a   Meagher, S ^b   Wardlaw, J ^b   Connell, M ^b   Bastin, M E ^b   Marshall, I ^b   Ramnarine, K V ^b   Hoskins, P R ^b   Black, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood flow velocity; Cardiovascular disease; Carotid hemodynamics; Computer modeling; Phantom; Rapid manufacture; Segmentation; Shear stress; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; PATIENT TREATMENT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID HEMODYNAMICS; PHANTOM; STENOSIS;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER MODEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33846931416     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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