Computer simulation of three-dimensional plaque formation and progression in the carotid artery

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 607-616

  Filipovic, Nenad ^a   Teng, Zhongzhao ^b   Radovic, Milos ^a   Saveljic, Igor ^a   Fotiadis, Dimitris ^c   Parodi, Oberdan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Computer modeling; MRI; Plaque formation and progression

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER MODELING; CONVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; HUMAN CAROTID ARTERY; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS; PLAQUE FORMATION AND PROGRESSION;

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TISSUE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 84877727906     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-012-1031-4     Document Type: Article

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