3D dynamic model of healthy and pathologic arteries for ultrasound technique evaluation

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5440-5450

  Balocco, Simone ^a,b   Basset, Olivier ^a   Azencot, Jacques ^a   Tortoli, Piero ^b   Cachard, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D model; Acoustic; Arterial mechanics; Fluid dynamics; Ultrasound measurements

Indexed keywords

3D MODELING; ACOUSTICS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PHANTOMS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ARTERIAL MECHANICS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; FINITE-ELEMENT APPROACH; GENERALIZED CYLINDERS; ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT; ULTRASOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PULSE WAVE; STENOSIS;

EID: 56749132344     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3006948     Document Type: Article

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