The influence of computational strategy on prediction of mechanical stress in carotid atherosclerotic plaques: Comparison of 2D structure-only, 3D structure-only, one-way and fully coupled fluid-structure interaction analyses

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1465-1471

  Huang, Yuan ^a   Teng, Zhongzhao ^a   Sadat, Umar ^b   Graves, Martin J ^a   Bennett, Martin R ^a   Gillard, Jonathan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid; Mechanics; Stress; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FORECASTING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MECHANICS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID; CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL STRATEGY; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL STRESS; STROKE;

STRESSES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID; MECHANICS; STRESS; STROKE;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RHEOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84896490289     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.01.030     Document Type: Article

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