Computer-Aided Patient-Specific Coronary Artery Graft Design Improvements Using CFD Coupled Shape Optimizer

Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-47

  Dur, Onur ^a   Coskun, Sinan Tolga ^b   Coskun, Kasim Oguz ^c   Frakes, David ^d   Kara, Levent Burak ^a   Pekkan, Kerem ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DR HORST SCHMIDT KLINIKEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bypass graft; CFD; Coronary artery; Hemodynamics; Sequential graft; Shape optimization; Surgical design; Surgical planning; WSS; WSSG

Indexed keywords

BYPASS GRAFT; CFD; CORONARY ARTERIES; SEQUENTIAL GRAFT; SURGICAL DESIGN; SURGICAL PLANNING; WSS; WSSG;

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS RELIEF; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SHEAR STRESS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 79952737994     PISSN: 1869408X     EISSN: 18694098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13239-010-0029-z     Document Type: Article

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