PIV investigation of the flow fields in subject-specific vertebro-basilar (VA-BA) junction

• Main Authors: Zhu, Guangyu, Wei, Yuan, Yuan, Qi, Yang, Jian, Yeo, Joon Hock
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; PIV; In-vitro
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142016
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: As the only arterial structure of which two main arteries merged into one, the vertebro-basilar (VA-BA) system is one of the favorite sites of cerebral atherosclerotic plaques. The aim of this study was to investigate the detailed hemodynamics characteristics in the VA-BA system. Methods...