Three-dimensional computational modeling of subject-specific cerebrospinal fluid flow in the subarachnoid space

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Gupta, Sumeet ^a   Soellinger, Michaela ^a,b   Boesiger, Peter ^a,b   Poulikakos, Dimos ^a   Kurtcuoglu, Vartan ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Drug delivery; MRI; Porous media; Subarachnoid space

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; ANISOTROPIC PERMEABILITY; CARDIAC CYCLES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBRO SPINAL FLUIDS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPLIANT BEHAVIOR; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; CONSTANT PRESSURES; FINITE-VOLUME; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTRATHECAL; POROUS MEDIA; SPINAL CANALS; SUBARACHNOID SPACES; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC; T2 WEIGHTED; TOTAL PRESSURE; TRANSIENT FLOW; VELOCITY BOUNDARY CONDITION; VELOCITY FIELD; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATE;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; BODY FLUIDS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BRAIN; DRUG DELIVERY; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY; OSCILLATING FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOLOGY; RESONANCE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEART CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

TRABECULA;

CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CANAL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 63449097077     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3005171     Document Type: Article

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