Virtual optimization of self-expandable braided wire stents

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 448-453

  De Beule, Matthieu ^a   Van Cauter, Sofie ^a   Mortier, Peter ^a   Van Loo, Denis ^b   Van Impe, Rudy ^a   Verdonck, Pascal ^a   Verhegghe, Benedict ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Braided wire stent; Finite element; Optimization; PyFormex

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; BRAIDED WIRE STENT; COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; DESIGN OPTIMIZATIONS; DESIGN TOOLS; ENDOPROSTHESIS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE TREATMENTS; OPEN SOURCES; OPTIMAL STRATEGIES; OPTIMIZATION METHODOLOGIES; POSITIONING ACCURACIES; PRECISE POSITIONING; PYFORMEX; RADIAL STIFFNESS; RESEARCH TOOLS; REVASCULARIZATION; SELF-EXPANDABLE; STENT DESIGNS;

DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WIRE;

OPTIMIZATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENTS;

EID: 62849119982     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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