Simulation of blood flow in deformable vessels using subject-specific geometry and spatially varying wall properties

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1000-1016

  Xiong, Guanglei ^a   Figueroa, C Alberto ^b   Xiao, Nan ^b   Taylor, Charles A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow simulation; Deformable walls; Image based modeling; Subject specific geometry; Vascular model construction; Wall mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW SIMULATIONS; DEFORMABLE WALLS; IMAGE-BASED MODELING; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC; VASCULAR MODEL; WALL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DEFORMATION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HEMODYNAMICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 79953055023     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1404     Document Type: Article

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