Cerebral embolic protection selection method for tavi procedures

A system for deploying a cerebral embolic protection (CEP) device, the system comprising:

• a plurality of implantable CEP devices;
• a memory having stored a plurality of instructions;
• processor circuitry operatively coupled with the memory, the processor circuitry configured to execute the instructions to:
• retrieve one or more image of at least part of an aorta, the one or more image including an aortic valve;
• segment the one or more image to identify the aortic valve, an aortic arch, and a plurality of branching blood vessels downstream of the aortic valve;
• identify plaque in a segment of the one or more image at or adjacent the aortic valve;
• generate a vulnerability score associated with the plaque;
• evaluate dynamics of blood flow in the aortic arch and at least one of the plurality of branching blood vessels;
• determine that the CEP device should be deployed based on the vulnerability score;
• select the CEP device from the plurality of implantable CEP devices based on at least one of (i) the dynamics of blood flow in the aortic arch or (ii) a branching angle identified between one of the plurality of branching blood vessels and the aortic arch.