3D MRI-based multicomponent FSI models for atherosclerotic plaques

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 947-960

  Tang, Dalin ^a   Yang, Chun ^a   Zheng, Jie ^b   Woodard, Pamela K ^b   Sicard, Gregorio A ^c   Saffitz, Jeffrey E ^c   Yuan, Chun ^d  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Cardiovascular diseases; Carotid artery; Fluid structure interaction; Heart attack; Plaque cap rupture; Stenosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; CARIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARTOID ARTERY; HEART ATTACK; PLAQUE CAP RUPTURE; STENOSIS; STROKE;

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DISEASES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LIPIDS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; PULSATILE FLOW; STRESSES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISCOUS FLOW;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 3843115488     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ABME.0000032457.10191.e0     Document Type: Article

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