BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Cerebral aneurysms are preferentially located at arterial curvatures and bifurcations that are exposed to major hemodynamic forces, increasingly implicated in the life cycle of aneurysms. By observing the natural history of aneurysm formation from its preaneurysm state, we aimed to examine the hemodynamic microenvironment related to aneurysm initiation at certain arterial segments later developing an aneurysm.

MATCH provides an overview of segmentation methodologies for IAs and highlights the variability of surface reconstruction. Further, the study emphasizes the need for careful processing of initial segmentation results for a realistic assessment of clinically relevant morphological parameters.

Aneurysm geometry does have an impact on flow conditions. Aneurysms with a main axis parallel to the parent artery have a tendency to have a jet flow pattern and uneven distribution of unsteady pressure. These aneurysms may have a higher rate of rupture as than those with a main axis perpendicular to the parent artery.

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This paper is the first half of a two-part publication. In these papers the well-known low Mach number edge tone configuration is investigated which is one of the canonical selfsustained flow configurations leading to simple aeroacoustic flow phenomena. The configuration consist of a planar free jet that impinges on a wedge shaped object. Under certain circumstances the jet starts to oscillate more or less periodically thereby creating an oscillating force on the wedge that acts as a dipole sound source. This first part contains a detailed literature overview and the qualitative discussion of the authors' results of a detailed parametric study. The formulae in the literature describing the dependence of the frequency on exit velocity and nozzle-wedge distance show a broad scatter, although similar in form. In this paper a systematic and thorough study is made by experimental and numerical means and remarkable agreement is found.

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