Large-scale simulation of the human arterial tree

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-205

  Grinberg, L ^a   Anor, T ^b   Madsen, J R ^b   Yakhot, A ^c   Karniadakis, G E ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bioflows; Computational fluid dynamics; Medical imaging; Multiscale modelling

Indexed keywords

ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROVASCULARIZATION; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ARTERIES; BLOOD CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC;

EID: 58849124861     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2008.05010.x     Document Type: Article

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