Methods for three-dimensional geometric characterization of the arterial vasculature

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1368-1381

  O'Flynn, Padraig M ^a   O'Sullivan, Gerard ^b   Pandit, Abhay S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta; Arterial tortuosity; Bifurcation planarity; Branching angle; Common iliac arteries; Curvature; Torsion; Visceral branch arteries

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ARTERIAL TORTUOSITY; BIFURCATION PLANARITY; BRANCHING ANGLE; COMMON ILIAC ARTERIES; CURVATURE; VISCERAL BRANCH ARTERIES;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ARTERIES; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC;

EID: 34547221025     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-007-9307-9     Document Type: Article

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