A finite-element approach to the direct computation of relative cardiovascular pressure from time-resolved MR velocity data

Medical Image Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1029-1037

  Krittian, Sebastian B S ^a,b   Lamata, Pablo ^a   Michler, Christian ^b   Nordsletten, David A ^b   Bock, Jelena ^c   Bradley, Chris P ^d   Pitcher, Alex ^e   Kilner, Philip J ^f   Markl, Michael ^c   Smith, Nic P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4D flow; Direct flow evaluation; MRI; Pressure Poisson equation; Relative pressure field

Indexed keywords

4D FLOW; ANALYTIC SOLUTION; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIAC CYCLES; CYCLIC CHANGES; DIRECT FLOW; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; FINITE-ELEMENT APPROACH; FLOW DATA; GLOBAL DOMAIN; MULTI-DIRECTIONAL; PHASE CONTRASTS; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; PRESSURE FIELD; PRESSURE POISSON EQUATION; SOFT TISSUE; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC; TEST CASE; TIME-RESOLVED; VISCOUS DISSIPATION;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HEMODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POISSON EQUATION; TISSUE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCULATION; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY; VISCOSITY;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84861976269     PISSN: 13618415     EISSN: 13618423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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