Computational simulation methodologies for mechanobiological modelling: A cell-centred approach to neointima development in stents

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1921, 2010, Pages 2919-2935

  Boyle, C J ^a   Lennon, A B ^a   Early, M ^a   Kelly, D J ^a   Lally, C ^a,b   Prendergast, P J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biological simulation; Cell centred; Cellular automaton model; Lattice based; Multi scale model; Restenosis

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELLS; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CYTOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; TISSUE; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

BIOLOGICAL SIMULATION; CELL BEHAVIOURS; CELLULAR AUTOMATON MODELS; CHEMICAL STIMULI; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MODEL; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; MECHANICAL HOMEOSTASIS; MECHANO-BIOLOGY; MEDICAL DEVICES; MULTISCALE MODELS; NEOINTIMA; QUANTITATIVE PARAMETERS; RESTENOSIS; RULES BASED; TISSUE FORMATION; TISSUE GROWTH; TISSUE RESPONSE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTIMA; METABOLISM; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STENT;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; STENTS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 77954471135     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0071     Document Type: Article

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