Geometric variability of the abdominal aorta and its major peripheral branches

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 824-840

  O'Flynn, Padraig M ^a   O'Sullivan, Gerard ^b   Pandit, Abhay S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anterior visceral branches; Aortoiliac vessels; Bifurcation geometry; Non planar arterial curvature; Peripheral arterial disease; Renal arteries

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTIC WALLS; ARTERIAL FLOW; ARTERIAL GEOMETRY; BIFURCATION GEOMETRY; BLOOD FLOW DYNAMICS; BRANCHING ANGLES; CENTERLINES; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; D-CURVATURE; DESCRIPTORS; ENDOVASCULAR DEVICES; GEOMETRIC DATA; IN-VIVO; LOCALISATION; MEAN AGES; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PERIPHERAL ARTERIES; PLANARITY; PRE-CLINICAL TESTING; PROPER DESIGN; RENAL ARTERIES; RIGHT AND LEFT; ROBUST TECHNIQUE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR GEOMETRY; VASCULATURE; VESSEL CURVATURES; VESSEL GEOMETRY;

ABERRATIONS; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77952009600     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-010-9925-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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