Quantitative comparison of 4D MRI flow measurements to 3D computational fluid dynamics simulation of cerebrospinal fluid movement in the spinal subarachnoid space

10th International Workshop on Biomedical Engineering, BioEng 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Yiallourou, Theresia I ^a   Asboth, Léonie ^a   Kroeger, Jan Robert ^b   Maintz, David ^b   Bunck, A C ^b   Stergiopulos, Nikolaos ^a   Martin, Bryn A ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBRO SPINAL FLUIDS; CFD ANALYSIS; COMPLEX FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES; NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS; PRESSURE FIELD; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; SPINAL CANALS; SPINAL SEGMENTS; SPINAL STENOSIS; SUBARACHNOID SPACES; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BODY FLUIDS; BRAIN; DYNAMICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUIDS; MEASUREMENTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 83255165691     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWBE.2011.6079027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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