Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 9 , Pages 1110-1117 , November 2009

Advanced modeling strategy for the analysis of heart valve leaflet tissue mechanics using high-order finite element method

  • Hadi Mohammadi

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B9, Canada. Tel.: +1 519 661 2111x81282; fax: +1 519 850 2308.
    • ,
  • Fereshteh Bahramian

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Wankei Wan

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Received 21 October 2008 ,Revised 9 July 2009 ,Accepted 10 July 2009.

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PII: S1350-4533(09)00153-2

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.07.012

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 9 , Pages 1110-1117 , November 2009

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