Ultrasonic Observation of Blood Disturbance in a Stenosed Tube: Effects of Flow Acceleration and Turbulence Downstream

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-122

  Nam, Kweon Ho ^a   Paeng, Dong Guk ^a   Choi, Min Joo ^a,b   Shung, K Kirk ^c  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

"Black hole" phenomenon; Acceleration; Eccentric stenosis; Pulsatile flow; Red blood cell aggregation; Shear rate; Turbulence; Ultrasound echogenicity

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR DEFORMATION; TURBULENCE MODELS; ULTRASONICS;

ECCENTRIC STENOSIS; FLOW TURBULENCE; RED BLOOD CELL AGGREGATION; ULTRASOUND ECHOGENICITY;

PIPE FLOW;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; FLOW RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR RATE; SWINE; TURBULENT FLOW; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; HEMORHEOLOGY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 37049025573     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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