A computationally efficient framework for the simulation of cardiac perfusion using a multi-compartment Darcy porous-media flow model

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 217-232

  Michler, C ^a   Cookson, A N ^a   Chabiniok, R ^a   Hyde, E ^b   Lee, J ^a   Sinclair, M ^a   Sochi, T ^a   Goyal, A ^a   Vigueras, G ^a   Nordsletten, D A ^a   Smith, N P ^a,b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac perfusion; Darcy flow; Finite element modelling; Multi compartment modelling; Porous media flow

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC PERFUSION; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; CORONARY PERFUSION; CURVED BOUNDARY; DARCY EQUATIONS; DARCY FLOWS; DARCY VELOCITY; DISTRIBUTED SOURCES; EFFECTIVE PERMEABILITY TENSOR; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; IMPERMEABLE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; LEFT VENTRICLES; LENGTH SCALE; MEMORY USAGE; PERMEABILITY TENSORS; PERSONALIZED MODEL; POROUS-MEDIA FLOW; PRESSURE EQUATIONS; SOLUTION TIME; SPATIAL SCALE; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC; TIME FRAME; VASCULAR NETWORK; VASCULATURE; VOLUME FLUX;

HEART; TENSORS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; PRESSURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POROSITY; PRESSURE;

EID: 84873422454     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2520     Document Type: Article

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