Abstracts (Continue in Part II)
Proceedings of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · 1998
ConclusionsIn this study, we proposed the approach of detecting salient topological features prior to analytical analysis of dynamical indices of the fluid.Critical points are the salient features of a flow pattern; given a distribution of such points and their type, much of the remaining flow field and its geometry and topology can be deduced.This method of using qualitative topological descriptors gives an insight into the structure of flow fields and provides a reference for interpreting the numerical results.