Open AccessMicroCT Imaging of Heart Valve Tissue in Fluid
Author(s) -
Sam Stephens,
Maxwell J Bean,
H. Surber,
Neil B. Ingels,
Henrik Jensen,
Serguei Liachenko,
Jonathan F. Wenk,
Morten Ø. Jensen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
experimental mechanics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.815
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-2765
pISSN - 0014-4851
DOI - 10.1007/s11340-020-00667-5
Subject(s) - biomedical engineering , stain , heart valve , materials science , mitral valve , fluid dynamics , x ray microtomography , staining , contrast (vision) , computer science , mechanics , pathology , medicine , radiology , physics , computer vision
Heart valve computational models require high quality geometric input data, commonly obtained using micro-computed tomography. Whether in the open or closed configuration, most studies utilize dry valves, which poses significant challenges including gravitational and surface tension effects along with desiccation induced mechanical changes.