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dismiss or exploit for themselves, the various explicit and implicit assumptions that,
depending upon one's perspective, either confound or invigorate the study of arterial
hemodynamics.
Acknowledgements.
The author thanks the many students, fellows, colleagues and study partici-
pants, without whom these adventures would not have been possible. Numerous funding agencies
have supported this research, none more so than Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, whose
early and ongoing support for the author's image-based CFD investigations has allowed him to ask
questions that are sometime uncomfortable but ultimately rewarding.
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