A realistic simulation of saccular cerebral aneurysm formation: Focussing on a novel haemodynamic index, the gradient oscillatory number

International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 583-593

  Shimogonya, Y ^a   Ishikawa, T ^b   Imai, Y ^b   Matsuki, N ^b   Yamaguchi, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gradient oscillatory number; Growth; Haemodynamics; Patient specific geometry; Saccular cerebral aneurysm

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449086090     PISSN: 10618562     EISSN: 10290257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618560902953575     Document Type: Article

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