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From: Effects of Wall Calcifications in Patient-Specific Wall Stress Analyses of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
J Biomech Eng. 2006;129(1): doi: /
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(a) CT-slice of an AAA with region of interest indicated by dashed contour and wall calcifications indicated with white arrows. (b) The aortic contour separated from the surrounding tissue. (c) The detected edge of the aorta (white) and the calcifications (dark). (d) The equivalent element representation with material properties of the AAA wall assigned to the white elements and of the calcified wall to the gray elements. The transition of the wall and the calcifications exists from double layered elements.