Vascular Hemodynamics

Peter J. Yim, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology at the UMDNJ -- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He is a recognized leader in the field of hemodynamic modeling and imaging of the vascular system, with awards in these areas from the Radiological Society of North America, the National Institutes of Health, and the SPIE.

Introduction (Peter J. Yim). Chapter 1. Modeling the Vascular System and its Capillary Networks (Thomas H. Dawson). Chapter 2. Wall Shear Stress in the Arterial System in Vivo - Assessment, Results and Comparison with Theory (Robert S Reneman, Theo Arts and Arnold P.G. Hoeks). Chapter 3. Relating Cerebral Aneurysm Hemodynamics and Clinical Events (Juan R. Cebral and Christopher M. Putman). Chapter 4. Prognostic significance of Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity (Tine Willum Hansen, Jorgen Jeppesen, and Christian Torp-Pedersen). Chapter 5. Closed Loop Modeling of Circulatory System (Carol L. Lucas, Randal Cole and Ajit Yoganathan). Chapter 6. Artery wall mechanics determined by means of ultrasound (Arnold P.G. Hoeks, Evelien Hermeling, and Robert S. Reneman). Chapter 7. Plaque mechanics (Zhi-Yong Li). Chapter 8. Imaging of the Pressure Gradient at Arterial Stenoses (Peter J. Yim). Chapter 9. Measurement of Blood Flow with Phase-Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Reza Nezafat and Richard B. Thompson). Chapter 10. Measuring cerebral perfusion using magnetic resonance imaging (Fernando Calamante). Chapter 11. Cerebral Perfusion Computed Tomography in Stroke (Max Wintermark). Chapter 12. Cebebrovascular Reactivity Changes in Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis (Natan M. Bornstein and Alexander Y. Gur). Chapter 13. Essential Hypertension, Cerebrovascular Reactivity and Risk of Stroke (Cristina Sierra).