Mechanical characterization of atherosclerotic arteries using finite-element modeling: Feasibility study on mock arteries

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1520-1528

  Pazos, Valérie ^a,b   Mongrain, Rosaire ^a,c   Tardif, Jean Claude ^c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arteries; Atherosclerosis; Finite element; Hyperelastic; Pressurization testing

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS; CLINICAL STUDY; CRYOGELS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; HYPER ELASTIC; LIPID INCLUSIONS; LIPID POOLS; MATERIAL MODELS; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MOCK ARTERIES; NON-LINEAR LEAST SQUARES; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION ALGORITHM; PLAQUE RUPTURE; PRESSURIZED VESSELS; PVA CRYOGEL; SIMULATED EXPERIMENTS; SINGLE LAYER;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAKES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRESSURIZATION;

EXPERIMENTS;

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ALGORITHM; ARTERY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LIPID ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PROCESS MODEL; SIMULATION; STENOSIS;

ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 77952556544     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2041001     Document Type: Article

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