Method and system for image processing to determine patient-specific blood flow characteristics
AssigneeHeartFlow, Inc.
InventorCharles A. TAYLOR
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Abstract
Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model.
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A method for image processing to perform hemodynamic analysis of cerebral vessels, comprising:
- extracting an anatomical model of a cerebral vessel from 3D medical image data, the anatomical model of the cerebral vessel including a wall of the cerebral vessel;
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- simulating blood flow in the cerebral vessel and deformation of the cerebral vessel wall using coupled computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and computational solid mechanics (CSM) simulations based on the anatomical model of the cerebral vessel.
An apparatus for image processing to perform hemodynamic analysis of cerebral vessels, comprising:
- means for extracting an anatomical model of a cerebral vessel from 3D medical image data, the anatomical model of the cerebral vessel including a wall of the cerebral vessel;
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- means for simulating blood flow in the cerebral vessel and deformation of the cerebral vessel wall using coupled computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and computational solid mechanics (CSM) simulations based on the anatomical model of the cerebral vessel.
A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with computer executable instructions defining a method for image processing to perform hemodynamic analysis of cerebral vessels, the method comprising:
- extracting an anatomical model of a cerebral vessel from 3D medical image data, the anatomical model of the cerebral vessel including a wall of the cerebral vessel;
- and
- simulating blood flow in the cerebral vessel and deformation of the cerebral vessel wall using coupled computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and computational solid mechanics (CSM) simulations based on the anatomical model of the cerebral vessel.
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