Mechanistic insight into the physiological relevance of helical blood flow in the human aorta: An in vivo study

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 339-355

  Morbiducci, Umberto ^a   Ponzini, Raffaele ^b   Rizzo, Giovanna ^c   Cadioli, Marcello ^d   Esposito, Antonio ^e   Montevecchi, Franco Maria ^a   Redaelli, Alberto ^f  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b CILEA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOIMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^d PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^e SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

4D phase contrast MRI; Aortic arch; Fluid mechanics; Hemodynamics; Perfusion; Spiral flow

Indexed keywords

AORTIC ARCH; AORTIC FLOW; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW DYNAMICS; FLUID TRANSPORT; GAIN INSIGHT; GROUP ANALYSIS; HEALTHY HUMANS; HELICAL CONTENT; HELICAL FLOWS; HELICITIES; IN-VIVO; PERFUSION; PHASE CONTRAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHASE CONTRAST MRI; QUANTITATIVE DATA; ROTATING FLOW; SPIRAL FLOW; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; THORACIC AORTA;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDS; HEMODYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESONANCE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BLOOD VESSELS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; AORTA; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CIRCULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AORTA; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957890662     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-010-0238-2     Document Type: Article

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