Identification of rupture locations in patient-specific abdominal aortic aneurysms using experimental and computational techniques

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1408-1416

  Doyle, Barry J ^a   Cloonan, Aidan J ^a   Walsh, Michael T ^a   Vorp, David A ^b   McGloughlin, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Computational; Experimental; Location; Rupture

Indexed keywords

3D RECONSTRUCTION; AAA-RUPTURE PREDICTION; ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT SCAN; DOW CORNING; ELEVATED STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIGH STRESS; IN-VITRO; INTERNAL PRESSURE; MEAN WALL THICKNESS; PEAK STRESS; RUPTURE LOCATION; SILICONE RUBBER; WALL STRESS; WALL THICKNESS;

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSELS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LOCATION; SILICONES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACCURACY; AGED; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALL STRESS;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951978535     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.09.057     Document Type: Article

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