Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 17-22 , January 2008

Peak wall stress measurement in elective and acute abdominal aortic aneurysms

  • Michael S. Heng, MRCS

      Affiliations

    • Academic Vascular Surgery, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, United Kingdom
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  • Michael J. Fagan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Engineering, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom.
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  • Jason W. Collier, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Engineering, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom.
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  • Grishma Desai, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Engineering, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom.
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  • Peter T. McCollum, MCh

      Affiliations

    • Academic Vascular Surgery, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, United Kingdom
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  • Ian C. Chetter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Academic Vascular Surgery, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ian C. Chetter, Academic Vascular Surgical Unit, Vascular Laboratory, Alderson House, Hull Royal Infirmary, Anlaby Road, Hull HU3 2JZ, UK

Received 18 April 2007 ,Accepted 4 September 2007.

  • Image Result

    Interoperator variability: peak wall stress calculated after edge extraction by four different operators on 10 separate aneurysms.

    Interoperator variability: peak wall stress calculated after edge extraction by four different operators on 10 separate aneurysms.

  • Image Result

    Intraoperator variability: peak wall stress calculated after repeated edge extraction by one operator on 10 separate aneurysms.

    Intraoperator variability: peak wall stress calculated after repeated edge extraction by one operator on 10 separate aneurysms.

  • Image Result

    Intraoperator variability: peak wall stress from initial and repeat calculation plotted against each other.

    Intraoperator variability: peak wall stress from initial and repeat calculation plotted against each other.

 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(07)01425-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.09.002

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 17-22 , January 2008

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