Computational fluid dynamic analysis of intracranial aneurysmal bleb formation

Jeremy H Russell1, Neil Kelson, Mark Barry

  • 1*Kenneth Jamieson Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia; ‡Department of Information Technology Services (High Performance Computing), §School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia; ¶School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

Neurosurgery
|August 17, 2013
PubMed
Summary

Cerebral aneurysm blebs often form near high wall shear stress (WSS) points, indicating WSS may predict rupture risk. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis helps assess this risk in unruptured aneurysms.

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