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. 2019 Dec;40(12):2102–2110. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A6307

Table 1:

Description of morphologic and hemodynamic characteristics

Name Description Unit
Morphologic characteristics
 Aneurysm volume Volume of the aneurysm cm3
 Aneurysm size Maximum Euclidean distance of the aneurysm surface cm
 Neck size Maximum Euclidean distance of the neck surface cm
 Parent vessel diameter Diameter of the vessel nearest to the aneurysm neck cm
 AR Aspect ratio; aneurysm height/neck size Ratio
 HWR Height-to-width ratio; aneurysm height/aneurysm width Ratio
 BF Bottleneck factor; aneurysm width/neck size Ratio
 BL Bulge location; distance of plane with largest diameter from neck/aneurysm height Ratio
 SizeR Size ratio Ratio
 VOR Volume to ostium ratio; aneurysm volume/neck area Ratio
 IPR Isoperimetric ratio; aneurysm area/aneurysm volume2/3 Ratio
 UI Undulation index Index
 EI Ellipticity index Index
 NSI Nonsphericity index Index
 GAA Area weighted average of the Gaussian curvature cm–2
Hemodynamic characteristics
 ICI Inflow concentration index Index
 SR Shear rate 1/s
 VE Mean velocity cm/s
 VO Mean vorticity 1/s
 WSS Wall shear stress (time averaged mean and maximum) dyne/cm2
 LSA Low shear stress area %
 SCI Shear concentration index Index
 OSI Oscilatory shear index (time averaged mean and maximum) Index
 CLL Time-averaged vortex core-line length cm
 PODE Proper orthogonal decomposition entropy