From vascular corrosion cast to electrical analog model for the study of human liver hemodynamics and perfusion

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-35

  Debbaut, Charlotte ^a   Monbaliu, Diethard ^b   Casteleyn, Christophe ^a   Cornillie, Pieter ^a   Van Loo, Denis ^a   Masschaele, Bert ^a,c   Pirenne, Jacques ^b   Simoens, Paul ^a   Van Hoorebeke, Luc ^a   Segers, Patrick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biological system modeling; biomedical engineering; biomedical image processing; fluid dynamics; liver

Indexed keywords

BIO-MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM MODELING; BLOOD CIRCULATION; ELECTRICAL ANALOG MODELS; ELECTRICAL MODELS; EXPONENTIAL TRENDS; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FLUID VISCOSITY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN LIVER; HYPOTHERMIC; IMAGING AND IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERNAL PRESSURE; LITERATURE DATA; LOW PRESSURES; MICRO CT; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PORTAL VEINS; PRESSURE-DRIVEN; VASCULAR CORROSION CASTING;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COLD STORAGE; CORROSION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIVER; MICROCIRCULATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHERMIC MACHINE PERFUSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER CIRCULATION; ORGAN PERFUSION; PORTAL VEIN; SHEAR STRESS;

COLD TEMPERATURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PERFUSION;

EID: 79551558130     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2065229     Document Type: Article

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