Systems and methods for identifying and modeling unresolved vessels in image-based patient-specific hemodynamic models

A system for identifying and modeling unresolved vessels, and the effects thereof, in image-based patient-specific hemodynamic models, the system comprising:

• a data storage device storing instructions for identifying and modeling unresolved vessels, and the effects thereof, in image-based patient-specific hemodynamic models;
• and
• a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method comprising:
• receiving, in an electronic storage medium, one or more patient-specific anatomical models representing at least a vessel of a patient;
• determining, using a processor, the values and characteristics of one or more patient-specific morphometric features in the one or more patient-specific anatomical models;
• modifying the patient-specific anatomical model using the determined patient-specific morphometric features;
• and
• outputting, one or more of, a modified patient-specific anatomical model or a patient-specific morphometric feature to an electronic storage medium or display.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method for identifying and modeling unresolved vessels, and the effects thereof, in image-based patient-specific hemodynamic models, the method including:

• receiving, in an electronic storage medium, one or more patient-specific anatomical models representing at least a vessel of a patient;
• determining, using a processor, the values and characteristics of one or more patient-specific morphometric features in the one or more patient-specific anatomical models;
• modifying the patient-specific anatomical model using the determined patient-specific morphometric features;
• and
• outputting, one or more of, a modified patient-specific anatomical model or a patient-specific morphometric feature to an electronic storage medium or display.