Patient-specific isogeometric analysis for vascular biomechanics
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چکیده
Isogeometric Analysis (IGA) has recently emerged as a cost-effective alternative to classic isoparametric Finite Element Analysis. In this work a novel computational framework is proposed in order to get IGA-suitable geometries to simulate different vascular minimally-invasive procedures. The preliminary results show the capability of the framework to import in a straightforward way patient-specific vascular geometries and set an analysis enviroment suitable for the solver FEAP.
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