PIV investigation of the flow fields in subject-specific vertebro-basilar (VA-BA) junction

Abstract Background As the only arterial structure of which two main arteries merged into one, the vertebro-basilar (VA-BA) system is one of the favorite sites of cerebral atherosclerotic plaques. The aim of this study was to investigate the detailed hemodynamics characteristics in the VA-BA system....

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Main Authors: Guangyu Zhu, Yuan Wei, Qi Yuan, Jian Yang, Joon Hock Yeo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:BioMedical Engineering OnLine
Subjects:
PIV
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12938-019-0711-9