The impact of simplified boundary conditions and aortic arch inclusion on CFD simulations in the mouse aorta: A comparison with mouse-specific reference Data

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Trachet, Bram ^a   Bols, Joris ^a   De Santis, Gianluca ^a   Vandenberghe, Stefaan ^a   Loeys, Bart ^b,c   Segers, Patrick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTIC ARCH; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DATA SETS; DISEASE DEVELOPMENT; EXPONENTIAL FACTORS; GEOMETRICAL MODELS; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; IN-VIVO; MICRO CT; REFERENCE DATA; SIDE BRANCHES; TIME-DEPENDENT; VOLUMETRIC FLOW;

BLOOD VESSELS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; MAMMALS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTA; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; GEOMETRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REFERENCE DATABASE; SIMULATION; ULTRASOUND; VOLUMETRY; ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; THORACIC AORTA;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS;

ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTA, THORACIC; HEMODYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84855215375     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4005479     Document Type: Article

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