The association of wall mechanics and morphology: A case study of abdominal aortic aneurysm growth

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Washington, Christopher B ^a   Shum, Judy ^b   Muluk, Satish C ^a   Finol, Ender A ^c  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic pathology; biomechanics; finite element modeling; meshing; segmentation

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL; ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL; AORTIC PATHOLOGY; DIAMETER RATIO; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; GEOMETRIC FEATURE; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INTRALUMINAL; ISOTROPIC AND ANISOTROPIC MATERIALS; ISOTROPIC MATERIALS; LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; MESHING; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION; RUPTURE RISK; WALL MECHANICS; WALL STRESS;

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSELS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESSES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MORPHOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA WALL; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MORPHOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PEAK WALL STRESS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBUS; ANISOTROPY; AORTA RUPTURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS;

ANISOTROPY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80955144954     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4005176     Document Type: Article

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