Analysis of patient-specific carotid bifurcation models using computational fluid dynamics

Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 116-125

  Tu, Jiyuan ^a   Wong, Kelvin K L ^a   Cheung, Sherman C P ^a   Beare, Richard ^b   Phan, Thanh ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carotid bifurcation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pressure gradient; Stenosis; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881161733     PISSN: 21567018     EISSN: 21567026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jmihi.2011.1018     Document Type: Article

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