Distribution of wall shear stress in carotid plaques using magnetic resonance imaging and computational fluid dynamics analysis: A preliminary study

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1465-1469

  Jing, Li Na ^a   Gao, Pei Yi ^a   Lin, Yan ^a   Sui, Bin Bin ^a   Qin, Hai Qiang ^a   Ma, Li ^a   Xue, Jing ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Computational fluid dynamics; Magnetic resonance imaging; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; SHEAR STRESS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 79957570255     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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