Micromechanical characterization of intra-luminal thrombus tissue from abdominal aortic aneurysms

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 371-379

  Gasser, T Christian ^a   Martufi, Giampaolo ^a   Auer, Martin ^b   Folkesson, Maggie ^c   Swedenborg, Jesper ^c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b VASCOPS GmbH   (Austria)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA); Constitutive modeling; Finite element method (FEM); Intra luminal thrombus; Microscale

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AUTOMATIC IMAGE PROCESSING; CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION; CONSTITUTIVE MODELING; DEFORMABILITY; HISTOLOGICAL SLICES; INHOMOGENEOUS STRUCTURE; LARGE PORES; MACROSCOPIC CONSTITUTIVE PROPERTIES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MICRO-MECHANICAL; MICRO-SCALES; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICROMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION; MICROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RELIABLE ASSESSMENT; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENTS; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION;

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSELS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROSTRUCTURE; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THROMBOSIS; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POROSITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77249089737     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-009-9837-4     Document Type: Article

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