Three-dimensional carotid plaque progression simulation using meshless generalized finite difference method based on multi-year MRI patient-tracking data

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-76

  Yang, Chun ^a,b   Tang, Dalin ^b,c   Atluri, Satya ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artery; Atherosclerosis; Generalized finite difference; Meshless; Plaque progression; Plaque rupture

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE GROWTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID PLAQUES; COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURES; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; GENERALIZED FINITE DIFFERENCE; GENERALIZED FINITE-DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROWTH FUNCTIONS; HEART ATTACK; LINEAR ELASTIC MODEL; MESHLESS; NEARLY INCOMPRESSIBLE; NEIGHBORING POINT; PLAQUE PROGRESSION; PLAQUE RUPTURE; PREDICTION ACCURACY; SIMULATION-BASED; SOLID MODEL; TIME DIMENSION; TIME POINTS; TRACKING DATA; VESSEL WALLS; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; WALL THICKNESS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESONANCE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 77951957611     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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