Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 10 , Pages 1106-1118 , December 2007

Assessment of endoleak significance after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms: A lumped parameter model

  • B.J.B.M. Wolters

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 40 247 5398; fax: +31 40 244 7355.
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  • M. Emmer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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  • M.C.M. Rutten

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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  • G.W.H. Schurink

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • F.N. van de Vosse

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Received 14 January 2006 ,Revised 24 November 2006 ,Accepted 25 November 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.11.008

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 10 , Pages 1106-1118 , December 2007

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