Choice of in vivo versus idealized velocity boundary conditions influences physiologically relevant flow patterns in a subject-specific simulation of flow in the human carotid bifurcation

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Wake, Amanda K ^a,b   Oshinski, John N ^a,c   Tannenbaum, Allen R ^a,d   Giddens, Don P ^a  

^a Emory University   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Fluid mechanics; Negative axial velocity regions (NAVR); Wall shear stress (WSS)

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AXIAL VELOCITY; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW PATTERNS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID BIFURCATION; CLINICAL IMAGING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; DEPARTURE ANGLE; FLOW DATA; FLOW WAVEFORMS; FLUID PARAMETERS; HUMAN CAROTID ARTERY; IN-VIVO; INLET BOUNDARY; INLET VELOCITY; INTERNAL CAROTID; PHASE CONTRASTS; REVERSED FLOW; SIMULATION-BASED; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC; TIME VARYING; VELOCITY BOUNDARY CONDITION; VELOCITY PROFILES; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); ELASTICITY; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HEMODYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INLET FLOW; MEDICAL IMAGING; RESONANCE; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY CONTROL; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

CAROTID ARTERIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 63449099652     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3005157     Document Type: Article

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