Evaluation by fluid/structure-interaction spinal-cord simulation of the effects of subarachnoid-space stenosis on an adjacent syrinx

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Bertram, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Finite element model; Syringomyelia; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PULSATION; CEREBRO SPINAL FLUIDS; DURA MATER; FINITE-ELEMENT; FINITE-ELEMENT MODEL; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; FLUID DISPLACEMENT; FLUID FLOW; FLUID MOMENTUM; FLUID MOTIONS; LONGITUDINAL MOTION; MAIN EFFECT; NUMERICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DISSOCIATION; PRESSURE PULSE; QUALITATIVE PREDICTIONS; SHORT PULSE; SINUSOIDAL EXCITATIONS; SPINAL CORDS; SPINAL-CORD; SUBARACHNOID SPACES;

BODY FLUIDS; BRAIN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUIDS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RESONANCE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DISEASE SEVERITY; DURA MATER; FILUM TERMINALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLUID FLOW; PIA MATER; PULSE PRESSURE; SIMULATION; SPINAL CORD; STENOSIS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYSTOLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYRINGOMYELIA; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DURA MATER; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PIA MATER; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL STENOSIS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 77955105263     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001165     Document Type: Article

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