Computational fluid dynamics simulations of intracranial aneurysms at varying heart rates: A "patient-specific" study

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Jiang, Jingfeng ^a   Strother, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Computational fluid dynamics; Flow disturbance; Heart rate; Intracranial aneurysm; Large eddy simulation; Womersley number

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS; FLOW DISTURBANCES; HEART RATE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSMS; WOMERSLEY NUMBERS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HEART; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART RATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 77956335932     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3127251     Document Type: Article

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