Mechanical design of an intracranial stent for treating cerebral aneurysms

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1015-1024

  Shobayashi, Yasuhiro ^a   Tanoue, Tetsuya ^a   Tateshima, Satoshi ^b   Tanishita, Kazuo ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Endovascular treatment; Flexibility; Mechanical estimation; Stent

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS; ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT; FLEXIBILITY; MECHANICAL ESTIMATION; STENT;

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STIFFNESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STENTS;

EID: 78049270750     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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