Carotid artery stenting simulation: From patient-specific images to finite element analysis

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 281-289

  Auricchio, F ^a,c   Conti, M ^a,b   De Beule, M ^b   De Santis, G ^b   Verhegghe, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA SUPERIORE IUSS PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenting (CAS); Finite element analysis (FEA); Patient specific model

Indexed keywords

CA MODEL; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CLOSED CELLS; DIFFERENT SIZES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LASER-CUT; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPEN-CELL; OVER-SIZING; PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; STENT DESIGN; STRESS-INDUCED; TARGET VESSELS; VASCULAR ANATOMY; VESSEL WALLS;

DESIGN; FEATURE EXTRACTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; STENTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79952314588     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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