Parametric geometry exploration of the human carotid artery bifurcation

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2483-2491

  Bressloff, Neil W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid artery bifurcation; Design exploration; Parametric geometry

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; DESIGN EXPLORATION; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY (ECA); PARAMETRIC GEOMETRY;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SHEAR STRESS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; OSCILLATION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SHEAR STRESS;

CAROTID ARTERIES; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34447517135     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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