An Animal-Specific FSI Model of the Abdominal Aorta in Anesthetized Mice

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1298-1309

  Trachet, Bram ^a,b   Bols, Joris ^a   Degroote, Joris ^a   Verhegghe, Benedict ^a   Stergiopulos, Nikolaos ^b   Vierendeels, Jan ^a   Segers, Patrick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta; Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Computational fluid dynamics; Dissecting aneurysm; Fluid structure interaction; High frequency ultrasound; Micro CT; Mouse model; Mouse specific

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MAMMALS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; MICRO CT; MOUSE MODELS; MOUSE-SPECIFIC; STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANGIOTENSIN II;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA FLOW; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELIAC ARTERY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION MODEL; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; TUNICA MEDIA; WAVEFORM; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DISEASE MODEL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANESTHESIA; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 84930762052     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-015-1310-y     Document Type: Article

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