Modeling of saccular aneurysm growth in a human middle cerebral artery

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Kroon, Martin ^a   Holzapfel, Gerhard A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Artery; Cerebral; Collagen; Membrane; Saccular

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FIBERS;

ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM GROWTHS; ARTERY; AXISYMMETRIC; CEREBRAL; CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS; COLLAGEN FIBERS; COLLAGEN FIBRES; FIBER DIRECTIONS; GROWTH MODELS; LAYERED CYLINDERS; MATERIAL BEHAVIORS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERIES; MODEL PREDICTIONS; SACCULAR; SACCULAR ANEURYSMS; SIZE AND SHAPES; STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATIONS; WALL STRESSES; WALL THICKNESSES;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREDICTION; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 56349139989     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2965597     Document Type: Article

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