Identification of heterogeneous elastic properties in stenosed arteries: A numerical plane strain study

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-58

  Franquet, Alexandre ^a   Avril, Stéphane ^a   Le Riche, Rodolphe ^b   Badel, Pierre ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines   (France)

Author keywords

artery; atherosclerosis; elasticity; finite element; identification; inverse method

Indexed keywords

ARTERY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; DATA NOISE; ELASTIC PARAMETERS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; IDENTIFIABILITY; IDENTIFICATION ACCURACY; IN-VIVO; INVERSE METHODS; MEASUREMENT RESOLUTION; PLANE STRAINS; STENOSED ARTERIES;

IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); INVERSE PROBLEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ELASTICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84860722550     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2010.547192     Document Type: Article

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