Three-dimensional geometry of the human carotid artery

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Kamenskiy, Alexey V ^a   MacTaggart, Jason N ^b   Pipinos, Iraklis I ^b   Bikhchandani, Jai ^c   Dzenis, Yuris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; bifurcation angle; carotid artery; curvature; mean geometry; three dimensional geometry; torsion

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AVERAGE VALUES; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID BIFURCATION; CENTERLINES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHIES; CROSS SECTION; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; CROSS SECTIONAL IMAGE; CURVATURE; ENDOVASCULAR DEVICES; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERIES; GEOMETRICAL FEATURES; HUMAN CAROTID ARTERY; MATERIALS MANUFACTURERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT POPULATION; PLANARITY; QUANTITATIVE DATA; SEMI-AUTOMATED SEGMENTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; POPULATION STATISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TORSIONAL STRESS;

GEOMETRY;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DISEASE SEVERITY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863574848     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4006810     Document Type: Article

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