Construction of realistic branched, three-dimensional arteries suitable for computational modelling of flow

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 660-668

  Corney, Stuart ^a   Johnston, P R ^b   Kilpatrick, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D imaging; Computational fluid dynamics; Coronary angiograms; Finite volume mesh construction

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; EDGE DETECTION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANGIOGRAMS; ARTERIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHANTOM; SIGNAL DETECTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 6344254828     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02347548     Document Type: Article

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