Yasutaka Tobe, Takanobu Yagi, Koichi Kawamura, Kenta Suto, Yoichi Sawada, Yoshifumi Hayashi, Hirotaka Yoshida, Kazutoshi Nishitani, Yoshifumi Okada, Shigemi Kitahara, Mitsuo Umezu
Aneurysmal rupture is associated with wall thinning, but the mechanism is poorly understood. This study aimed to characterize the three-dimensional wall-thickness distributions of unruptured intracranial aneurysms. Five aneurysmal tissues were investigated using micro-computed tomography. First, the wall thickness was related to the aneurysmal wall appearances during surgery. The median wall thicknesses of the translucent and non-translucent walls were 50.56 and 155.93 µm, respectively (p < 0...
March 15, 2024: Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology