An object-oriented modelling framework for the arterial wall

M.I. Balaguera, J.C. Briceño and J.A. Glazier

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2010, vol. 13, issue 1, 135-142

Abstract: An object-oriented modelling framework for the arterial wall is presented. The novelty of the framework is the possibility to generate customisable artery models, taking advantage of imaging technology. In our knowledge, this is the first object-oriented modelling framework for the arterial wall. Existing models do not allow close structural mapping with arterial microstructure as in the object-oriented framework. In the implemented model, passive behaviour of the arterial wall was considered and the tunica adventitia was the objective system. As verification, a model of an arterial segment was generated. In order to simulate its deformation, a matrix structural mechanics simulator was implemented. Two simulations were conducted, one for an axial loading test and other for a pressure–volume test. Each simulation began with a sensitivity analysis in order to determinate the best parameter combination and to compare the results with analogue controls. In both cases, the simulated results closely reproduced qualitatively and quantitatively the analogue control plots.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1080/10255840903067056

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