Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 17-27 , January 2012

Analysis of flow and wall shear stress in the peroneal veins under external compression based on real-time MR images

  • Ying Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 2075895111x55701.
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  • Iain Pierce

      Affiliations

    • NHLI, CMR Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, Imperial College London, UK
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  • Peter Gatehouse

      Affiliations

    • NHLI, CMR Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, Imperial College London, UK
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  • Nigel Wood

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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  • David Firmin

      Affiliations

    • NHLI, CMR Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, Imperial College London, UK
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  • Xiao Yun Xu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK

Received 6 April 2011 ,Revised 14 June 2011 ,Accepted 19 June 2011.

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PII: S1350-4533(11)00149-4

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.06.012

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 17-27 , January 2012

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