Virtual evaluation of stent graft deployment: A validated modeling and simulation study

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages 129-139

  De Bock, S ^a   Iannaccone, F ^a   De Santis, G ^a   De Beule, M ^a   Van Loo, D ^a   Devos, D ^b   Vermassen, F ^b   Segers, P ^a   Verhegghe, B ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Deployment; Finite element; Silicone validation; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; DEPLOYMENT; ENDOVASCULAR; FINITE ELEMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION CT; IN-VITRO; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; MODELING AND SIMULATION; RADIAL FORCES; STENT GRAFTS; VESSEL GEOMETRY;

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MEDICAL IMAGING; SILICONES; STRESSES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

NITINOL; SILICONE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MEDICAL DEVICE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STENT; STENT GRAFT; VALIDATION STUDY;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SILICONES; STENTS; VASCULAR GRAFTING;

EID: 84864272067     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.04.021     Document Type: Article

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