Analysis of flow patterns in a patient-specific aortic dissection model

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Cheng, Z ^a   Tan, F P P ^a   Riga, C V ^b   Bicknell, C D ^b   Hamady, M S ^b   Gibbs, R G J ^b   Wood, N B ^a   Xu, X Y ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Computational fluid dynamics; Turbulence modeling; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

AORTIC FLOW; BLOOD FLOW; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECELERATION PHASE; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; FLOW PHENOMENA; LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOW; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; NON-NEWTONIAN BEHAVIORS; RECIRCULATIONS; SHEAR-STRESS TRANSPORT; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSITIONAL FLOW MODELS; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TURBULENCE MODELING; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

BLOOD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; VASODILATATION; VISCOSITY; AORTA; AORTA ANEURYSM; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; RESEARCH; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; RESEARCH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77955100204     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000964     Document Type: Article

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