ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS: NEW APPROACHES TO RUPTURE RISK ASSESSMENT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- BACKGROUND -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. INCIDENCE AND CURRENT OPINIONS -- 1.2. MEDICAL IMAGING -- 3D RECONSTRUCTION FROM CT SCANS -- APPLICATIONS OF AAA 3D RECONSTRUCTIONS -- NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS -- 4.1. PRE-OPERATIVE PLANNING FOR EVAR -- 4.2. STENT-GRAFT DESIGN -- 4.3. OPTIMUM SMOOTHING OF 3D MODELS -- 4.4. DETERMINING AAA ASYMMETRY -- 4.5. IMPROVING RUPTURE PREDICTIONS -- 4.5. PRE AND POST-OPERATIVE BIOMECHANICS -- 4.5. COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN AND COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURE -- EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS -- 5.1. IN-VITRO MODELS -- 5.2. THE PHOTOELASTIC METHOD -- 5.3. IMPROVING EXPERIMENTAL MATERIALS -- 5.3.1. Material Selection, Development and Testing -- 5.3.2. Application to 3D Geometries -- 5.4. EXPERIMENTAL RUPTURE TESTING -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.