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Fig. 1
a) Intimal tear in the aorta [2]. b) Aortic dissection types (Stanford system) [3].
Fig. 2
The spatial average time-dependent cross-sectional radius of the aortic arch and the descending aorta during one cardiac cycle.
Fig. 3
The spatial average time-dependent blood velocity in the aortic arch and the descending aorta.
Fig. 4
Orientation and deformation of RBCs in a blood vessel during the systole and diastole.
Fig. 5
The blood conductivity changes as a function of reduced average velocity 〈v/R〉 for different haematocrit (H) levels.
Fig. 6
Simulation model setup. a) 3D view – b) 2D bottom view.
Fig. 7
Flow disturbances around the dissection in case of an aortic dissection.
Fig. 8
Damage factor DF as a function of the radius of the false lumen.
Fig. 9
Source electrode pairs and measurement electrode pairs positions.
Fig. 10
Values of
Y^n,mPCE(t)
\widehat Y_{n,m}^{PCE}(t)
reflecting the discrepancy between the healthy and dissected conditions for 20-time steps and all proposed electrode combinations.
Fig. 11
Maximal discrepancy
Y^maxPCE
\widehat Y_{max}^{PCE}
for the fourth time step and each electrode configuration. Colours show source electrodes; blue: injection from A, red: injection from B, yellow: injection from C; numbers show the measurement electrodes.
Fig. 12
Sensitivity analysis on a.
HC^C,4PCE(t)
\widehat {HC}_{C,4}^{PCE}(t)
, b.
DC^C,4PCE(t)
\widehat {DC}_{C,4}^{PCE}(t)
, c.
Y^C,4PCE(t)
\widehat Y_{C,4}^{PCE}(t)
.
Fig. 13
Changing of
Y^maxPCE
\widehat Y_{max}^{PCE}
by the damage factor for injection from source electrodes C (inj C) and measurement from five electrode pairs (m1 to m5).
Fig. 14
a.
HC^C,4PCE(t)
\widehat {HC}_{C,4}^{PCE}(t)
and
DC^C,4PCE(t)
\widehat {DC}_{C,4}^{PCE}(t)
for different damage factors, b.
Y^C,4PCE(t)
\widehat Y_{C,4}^{PCE}(t)
for different damage factors.
Input space description for the healthy and dissected study cases.