A comparison of the measured and predicted flowfield in a patient-specific model of an abdominal aortic aneurysm

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 222, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 737-750

  O'Rourke, M J ^a   McCullough, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Computational fluid dynamics; Laser Doppler velocimetry

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOW FIELDS; LAMINAR FLOW; FLUID DYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; AXIAL VELOCITY; FLOW CONDITION; IN-VITRO; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; PATIENT SPECIFIC; PATIENT SPECIFIC MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 54749098129     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM357     Document Type: Article

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