Patient-specific finite element analysis of carotid artery stenting: A focus on vessel modeling

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 645-664

  Auricchio, F ^a   Conti, M ^a   Ferrara, A ^a   Morganti, S ^a   Reali, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenting (CAS); Finiteelement analysis (FEA); Patient specific modeling

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MODELS; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CLINICAL PRACTICES; FIBER-REINFORCED; PATIENT SPECIFIC; PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING; PROCEDURE PLANNING; REALISTIC SIMULATION;

ANISOTROPY; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MEDICAL IMAGING; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

STENTS;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROSTHESIS; STENT;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84878659112     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2511     Document Type: Article

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