Determination of fractional flow reserve (FFR) based on scaling laws: A simulation study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3995-4011

  Wong, Jerry T ^a   Molloi, Sabee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; HEALTH; HEMODYNAMICS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SCALING LAWS;

ANGIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; AORTIC PRESSURE; ARTERIAL FLOWS; ARTERIAL NETWORKS; BLOOD FLOWS; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION (CC); CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (CAD); CORONARY FLOW; CORONARY STENOSIS; DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE (FFR); INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS; SIMULATION STUDIES; VENOUS PRESSURE;

FLOW SIMULATION;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VASODILATION;

EID: 47649101979     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/14/017     Document Type: Article

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