The influence of axial image resolution on atherosclerotic plaque stress computations

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 689-695

  Nieuwstadt, H A ^a   Akyildiz, A C ^a   Speelman, L ^a,b   Virmani, R ^c   van der Lugt, A ^a   van der Steen, A F W ^a   Wentzel, J J ^a   Gijsen, F J H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c CVPATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Plaque; Reconstruction; Rupture

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE COMPUTATIONS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE RUPTURES; BIO-MECHANICAL MODELS; HUMAN CORONARY ARTERIES; PLAQUE; RUPTURE;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADVENTITIA; ANISOTROPY; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ERROR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BIOMECHANICS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84879881916     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.11.042     Document Type: Article

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