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From: Calculation of arterial wall temperature in atherosclerotic arteries: effect of pulsatile flow, arterial geometry, and plaque structure

Figure 4

Transient temperature distribution at the plaque/lumen interface for the bending artery at different times, produced by variations in the local heat generation in the plaque q Ë™ MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacH8akY=wiFfYdH8Gipec8Eeeu0xXdbba9frFj0=OqFfea0dXdd9vqai=hGuQ8kuc9pgc9s8qqaq=dirpe0xb9q8qiLsFr0=vr0=vr0dc8meaabaqaciaacaGaaeqabaqabeGadaaakeaacuWGXbqCgaGaaaaa@2E20@ m (W/mm3). The times presented correspond to t = 4.0, 4.4 and 4.8 s. The inlet velocity profile for this arterial geometry is given in Figure 2a.

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