Mechanical stresses in carotid plaques using MRI-based fluid-structure interaction models

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1651-1658

  Kock, Samuel A ^a   Nygaard, Jens V ^b   Eldrup, Nikolaj ^a   Fründ, Ernst Torben ^a   Klærke, Anette ^a   Paaske, William P ^a   Falk, Erling ^a   Yong Kim, W ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Computational fluid dynamics; Fluid structure interaction; Plaque rupture

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 43549118124     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.03.019     Document Type: Article

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