A simulation environment for validating ultrasonic blood flow and vessel wall imaging based on fluid-structure interaction simulations: Ultrasonic assessment of arterial distension and wall shear rate

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4318-4330

  Swillens, Abigail ^a   Degroote, Joris ^a   Vierendeels, Jan ^a   Lovstakken, Lasse ^b   Segers, Patrick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

fluid structure interaction; multiphysics; ultrasound; vessel distension; wall shear rate

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DIAGNOSIS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HEMODYNAMICS; PHANTOMS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

ARTERIAL DISTENSIBILITY; AUTOCORRELATION ESTIMATOR; DISTENSION MEASUREMENTS; INTERFACE QUASI NEWTONS; MULTI-PHYSICS; MULTIPHYSICS SIMULATIONS; VESSEL DISTENSION; WALL SHEAR RATES;

SHEAR FLOW;

ALGORITHM; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FUNCTIONS OF THE HEMIC, LYMPHATIC AND RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEMS; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 78149477270     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3462592     Document Type: Article

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