Quantitative analysis of bulk flow in image-based hemodynamic models of the carotid bifurcation: The influence of outflow conditions as test case

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3688-3705

  Morbiducci, Umberto ^a   Gallo, Diego ^a   Ponzini, Raffaele ^b   Massai, Diana ^a   Antiga, Luca ^c   Montevecchi, Franco M ^a   Redaelli, Alberto ^d  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b CILEA   (Italy)

^c MARIO NEGRI INST PHARMACOL RES   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherogenesis; Biofluid mechanics; Boundary conditions; Computational fluid dynamics; Helical flow; Hemodynamics; Transport phenomena; Vorticity

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BLOOD VESSELS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEMODYNAMICS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; VORTICITY;

ATHEROGENESIS; BIO-FLUID MECHANICS; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERIES; HELICAL FLOWS; OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 78651384071     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-010-0102-7     Document Type: Article

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