Simulation of arteriosclerosis in a virtual artery

James E. Kennedy; Clement L. Higginbotham; Pierre Antoine Fourrier; Keith Vaugh

doi:10.1504/IJMEI.2010.029806

Simulation of arteriosclerosis in a virtual artery

James E. Kennedy, Clement L. Higginbotham, Pierre Antoine Fourrier, Keith Vaugh

Department of Polymer, Mechanical and Design

Limerick Institute of Technology,

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Abstract

Finite element analysis (FEA) was developed for the analysis of systems that are geometrically difficult to define, precluding the use of closed form calculations for stress, displacement, etc. This makes FEA a perfect tool for the detailed analysis of biological, specifically biomechanical, systems. This work has focused on the development of a virtual simplified artery using finite element analysis and Visual Basic programming. From the results obtained, important observations were made when analysing the virtual growth of arteriosclerosis process. It was found that the effect of virtual arteriosclerosis, is not life threatening until the virtual artery was within 17% of being closed. Also, it was noted that the elasticity of the virtual artery decreased due to the increased build up of virtual plaque.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	82-93
Number of pages	12
Journal	International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMEI.2010.029806
Publication status	Published - Dec 2010

Keywords

Arteriosclerosis
Bernoulli equation
Biomedical systems
FEA
Finite element analysis
Kinetic energy
Plague
Soft tissue
Virtual artery
Wall shear stress
Young's modulus

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Simulation of arteriosclerosis in a virtual artery

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