Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 169-176 , July 2011

Fluid dynamic simulation of rat brain vessels, geometrically reconstructed from MR-angiography and validated using phase contrast angiography

  • Monika Carola Lehmpfuhl

      Affiliations

    • Northwestern Polytechnical University Xian, School of Electronics, Xian, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Andreas Hess

      Affiliations

    • Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany
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  • M. André Gaudnek

      Affiliations

    • Berlin Institute of Technology, Neural Information Processing Group, Berlin, Germany
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  • Michael Sibila

      Affiliations

    • Berlin Institute of Technology, Neural Information Processing Group, Berlin, Germany

Received 21 August 2009 ,Revised 16 May 2010 ,Accepted 6 July 2010.

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PII: S1120-1797(10)00043-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2010.07.002

Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 169-176 , July 2011

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