Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 212-221 , March 2010

Dynamic finite element analysis of the aortic root from MRI-derived parameters

  • Carlo A. Conti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Golgi 39, 20133 Milano, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 02 23999505; fax: +39 02 23993360.
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  • Emiliano Votta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Golgi 39, 20133 Milano, Italy
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  • Alessandro Della Corte

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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  • Luca Del Viscovo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental and Clinical Internal Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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  • Ciro Bancone

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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  • Maurizio Cotrufo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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  • Alberto Redaelli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Golgi 39, 20133 Milano, Italy

Received 17 March 2009 ,Revised 27 October 2009 ,Accepted 16 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.12.003

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 212-221 , March 2010

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