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US 10,945,613 B2Granted
Determining arterial wall property with blood flow model
AssigneeSiemens Healthcare GmbH
InventorsMartin Kramer, Lucian Mihai Itu, Viorel Mihalef, Puneet Sharma
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Abstract
An estimation of arterial wall properties is provided. A method for determining a wall property of an artery such as an aorta includes acquiring patient data and extracting physical data from the patient data. The physical data is applied to a blood flow model of the aorta to obtain an individual blood flow model. The wall property of the artery is directly or indirectly determined from the individual blood flow model.
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A method for determining a wall property of an artery, the method comprising:
- acquiring patient data, wherein acquiring the patient data includes medical imaging;
- extracting physical data from the patient data;
- obtaining an individual blood flow model, the obtaining comprising applying the physical data to a blood flow model of the artery;
- determining the wall property of the artery directly or indirectly from the individual blood flow model, the wall property comprising arterial compliance, arterial elastance, or arterial compliance and arterial elastance, wherein determining the wall property comprises adapting a wall stiffness along the artery, such that a measured cross-sectional area variation of the artery acquired from the medical imaging is matched with a computed cross-sectional area variation of the artery according to the individual blood flow model;
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- displaying the wall property on an image of the artery, such that a condition of the artery is estimable by a physician, wherein the wall property varies spatially with geometric coordinates on the image of the artery.
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A device for determining a wall property of an artery, the device comprising:
- an acquisition device configured to acquire patient data, wherein the acquisition device is a medical imaging device, and wherein acquisition of the patient data includes medical imaging;
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- a processor configured to:
- extract physical data from the patient data;
- obtain an individual blood flow model, the obtainment of the individual blood flow model comprising application of the physical data to a blood flow model of the artery;
- determine the wall property of the artery directly or indirectly from the individual blood flow model, the wall property comprising arterial compliance, arterial elastance, or arterial compliance and arterial elastance, the determination of the wall property comprising adaptation of a wall stiffness along the artery, such that a measured cross-sectional area variation of the artery acquired from the medical imaging is matched with a computed cross-sectional area variation of the artery according to the individual blood flow model;
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- display the wall property on an image of the artery, such that a condition of the artery is estimable by a physician, wherein the wall property varies spatially with geometric coordinates on the image of the artery.
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