A general three-dimensional parametric geometry of the native aortic valve and root for biomechanical modeling

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2392-2397

  Haj Ali, Rami ^a,b   Marom, Gil ^a   Ben Zekry, Sagit ^c   Rosenfeld, Moshe ^a   Raanani, Ehud ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Echocardiography; Finite element; Geometric representation; Heart valve

Indexed keywords

AORTIC VALVES; AVERAGE DISTANCE; BIOMECHANICAL MODELING; FINITE ELEMENT; GEOMETRIC REPRESENTATION; HEART VALVES; MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTIONS; MECHANICAL LOADING; PARAMETRIC CURVE; PARAMETRIC GEOMETRIES; PARAMETRIC METHOD; QUANTITATIVE INVESTIGATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) GEOMETRY;

BIOMECHANICS; DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; LOADING; PATHOLOGY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE; AORTIC VALVE COMMISSURE; AORTIC VALVE SINUS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL PARAMETRIC GEOMETRY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE;

AORTIC VALVE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 84865865371     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.07.017     Document Type: Article

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