Computational patient-specific models based on 3-D ultrasound data to quantify uterine arterial flow during pregnancy

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1715-1722

  Pennati, Giancarlo ^a   Socci, Laura ^a   Rigano, Serena ^b   Boito, Simona ^b   Ferrazzi, Enrico ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Custom models; Three dimensional ultrasound; Uterine blood flow rate

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BLOOD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW RATE; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEMODYNAMICS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; OBSTETRICS; RESTORATION; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

ARTERIAL FLOWS; BLOOD FLOW RATES; BRANCHING REGIONS; CLINICAL USES; COMPUTATIONAL DATUMS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; CUSTOM MODELS; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENTS; DOPPLER MEASUREMENTS; FLOW SPLITS; FLUID DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; LOW QUALITIES; NOVEL METHODS; RECONSTRUCTION METHODS; SPATIAL VELOCITIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND DATUMS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; UTERINE BLOOD FLOW RATE; VELOCITY PROFILES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERUS; VASCULARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERUS;

EID: 56849134528     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2008.924642     Document Type: Article

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