A computational investigation on the effect of biomechanical factors related to stent-graft models in the thoracic aorta

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 943-946

  Lam, S K ^a   Fung, George S K ^a   Cheng, Stephen W K ^a   Chow, K W ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; GRAFTS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SHEAR STRESS;

ANATOMIC CONSTRAINTS; BIOMECHANICAL FACTORS; THORACIC AORTA;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 84926231232     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352447     Document Type: Conference Paper

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