A Review of Computational Methods to Predict the Risk of Rupture of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Canchi, Tejas ^a   Kumar, S D ^a   Ng, E Y K ^a   Narayanan, Sriram ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA ANEURYSM; BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; FLOW KINETICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION METHOD; HUMAN; MACHINE LEARNING; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE COURSE; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACHINE LEARNING; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84945529924     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/861627     Document Type: Review

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