High-fidelity tetrahedral mesh generation from medical imaging data for fluid-structure interaction analysis of cerebral aneurysms

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-148

  Zhang, Yongjie ^a   Wang, Wenyan ^a   Liang, Xinghua ^a   Bazilevs, Yuri ^b   Hsu, Ming Chen ^b   Kvamsdal, Trond ^c   Brekken, Reidar ^c   Isaksen, JØrgen ^d  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c SINTEF   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Fluid structure interaction; Tetrahedral meshing

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL GEOMETRY; ARTERIAL WALL; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL WALLS; BLOOD VOLUMES; CEREBRAL ANEURYSM; CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS; FINITE ELEMENT MESHING; FLUID VOLUMES; FLUID-SOLID INTERFACES; FULLY-COUPLED; GEOMETRIC FLOWS; GEOMETRIC MODELS; HIGH FIDELITY; LAYER GENERATION; MESH QUALITY; TETRAHEDRAL MESH GENERATION; TETRAHEDRAL MESHING;

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FLUIDS; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGING;

MESH GENERATION;

EID: 67649811476     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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