Correlation of biomechanics to tissue reaction in aortic aneurysms assessed by finite elements and [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose-PET/CT

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 456-471

  Maier, Andreas ^a   Essler, Markus ^b   Gee, Michael W ^a   Eckstein, Hans Henning ^b   Wall, Wolfgang A ^a   Reeps, Christian ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; FDG PET CT; Finite element analysis; Inflammation; Mechanotransduction; Metabolic activity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; FDG-PET; INFLAMMATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLIC ACTIVITY;

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSELS; CORRELATION METHODS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRONS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

STRESSES;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84859430102     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1477     Document Type: Article

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