Velocity profiles in the human ductus venosus: A numerical fluid structure interaction study

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1019-1035

  Leinan, Paul R ^a   Degroote, Joris ^b   Kiserud, Torvid ^c,d   Skallerud, Bjørn ^a   Vierendeels, Jan ^b   Hellevik, Leif R ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ductus venosus; Fluid structure interaction; Velocity profiles

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HEMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; INFERIOR VENA CAVA; INTERACTION MODELING; LIVER LOBE; OXYGENATED BLOOD; TIME-AVERAGED; VELOCITY PROFILES; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATE;

ESTIMATION;

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIAMETER PULSE INDEX; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETUS; FETUS HEART; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PULSE RATE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURFACE PROPERTY; VELOCITY; VITAL CAPACITY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PORTAL VEIN; PRESSURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 84896691516     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16177940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-012-0460-1     Document Type: Article

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