A finite element model of the human left ventricular systole

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 319-341

  Dorri, F ^a   Niederer, P F ^a   Lunkenheimer, P P ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contraction; Heart; Myocardium; Systole

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE STRESS; CLINICAL ROUTINE; CONTRACTILE FORCE; DEFORMATION MEASUREMENTS; DEFORMATION PATTERN; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; FIBRE ORIENTATION; FIBRE STRUCTURE; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FUNCTIONAL INTERPRETATIONS; HEART MUSCLES; HUMAN HEART; IMAGE SEQUENCE; IN-VIVO; INHOMOGENEITIES; INHOMOGENEOUS DEFORMATION; LEFT VENTRICLES; LEFT VENTRICULAR; LEFT VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUMS; LONGITUDINAL SHORTENING; MYOCARDIAL TISSUE; MYOCARDIUM; POST MORTEM; REALISTIC GEOMETRY; SPACE AND TIME; SPHEROIDAL SHAPES; SYSTOLE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DEFORMATIONS; VENTRICULAR WALLS; WALL STRESS; WALL THICKENING;

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEART; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SHRINKAGE; TISSUE;

FIBERS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SYSTOLE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33847316439     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255840600960546     Document Type: Article

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