Computational hemodynamics framework for the analysis of cerebral aneurysms

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 822-839

  Mut, Fernando ^a   Löhner, Rainald ^a   Chien, Aichi ^b   Tateshima, Satoshi ^b   Viñuela, Fernando ^b   Putman, Christopher ^c   Cebral, Juan R ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysms; Hemodynamics; Patient specific modeling; Rupture risk

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM FORMATION; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; COMPUTATIONAL HEMODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; FLOW CONDITION; IMAGE-BASED; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSMS; PATIENT POPULATION; PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING; RUPTURE RISK; SALIENT FEATURES; VISCOUS DISSIPATION; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

HEMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79957594461     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1424     Document Type: Article

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