Methodologies to assess blood flow in cerebral aneurysms: Current state of research and perspectives

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 270-277

  Augsburger, L ^a,b   Reymond, P ^a   Fonck, E ^a,b   Kulcsar, Z ^b   Farhat, M ^a   Ohta, M ^c   Stergiopulos, N ^a   A Rufenacht D ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood flow assessment; Cerebral aneurysms; Computational fluid dynamics; Particle image velocimetry

Indexed keywords

ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE; SHEAR FLOW; SIMULATION;

CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 71049160034     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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