Temperature distribution in atherosclerotic coronary arteries: Influence of plaque geometry and flow (a numerical study)

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 4447-4462

  ten Have, A G ^a   Gijsen, F J H ^a   Wentzel, J J ^a   Slagger, C J ^a   van der Steen, A F W ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; ENZYMES; MEDICAL IMAGING; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

ACTIVE MACROPHAGES; CORONARY ARTERIES; HEAT SOURCES;

MEDICINE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOGRAPHY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 5744226815     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/19/001     Document Type: Article

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