Formation of Saccular Cerebral Aneurysms May Require Proliferation of the Arterial Wall: Computational Investigation

Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 431-442

  Shimogonya, Yuji ^a   Ishikawa, Takuji ^a   Imai, Yohsuke ^a   Mori, Daisuke ^b   Matsuki, Noriaki ^a   Yamaguchi, Takami ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HACHINOHE NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral Aneurysm; Growth; Modeling; Numerical Analysis; Wall Shear Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 60549103810     PISSN: 18809863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jbse.3.431     Document Type: Article

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