Sensitivity of flow simulations in a cerebral aneurysm

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2539-2548

  Muller J D ^a   Jitsumura, M ^c   Muller Kronast N H F ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Delray Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysms; Computational fluid dynamics; Patient specific flow simulation; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; SENSITIVITY; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; STEADY-STATE COMPUTATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW SIMULATION; MEDICAL IMAGING;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PULSATILE FLOW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE;

CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 84866759425     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.07.036     Document Type: Article

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