An Integrated Statistical Investigation of Internal Carotid Arteries of Patients Affected by Cerebral Aneurysms

Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-40

  Passerini, Tiziano ^a   Sangalli, Laura M ^b   Vantini, Simone ^b   Piccinelli, Marina ^a   Bacigaluppi, Susanna ^c,d   Antiga, Luca ^e   Boccardi, Edoardo ^c   Secchi, Piercesare ^b   Veneziani, Alessandro ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e Orobix srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysms; Computational fluid dynamics; Functional principal component analysis; Image processing

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS; CEREBRAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC (CFD); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; RUPTURE RISK; VASCULATURE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84857991679     PISSN: 1869408X     EISSN: 18694098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13239-011-0079-x     Document Type: Article

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