Method and system for patient-specific modeling of blood flow
AssigneeHeartFlow, Inc.
InventorsCharles A. Taylor, Timothy A. Fonte, Gilwoo Choi
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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.
Claims32
A system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient, the system comprising:
- at least one computer system configured to:
- receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry and at least one material property of at least a portion of an anatomical structure of the patient, the anatomical structure including at least a portion of a blood vessel;
- create a three-dimensional model representing at least the portion of the anatomical structure of the patient based on the patient-specific data;
- determine information regarding a blood flow characteristic within the anatomical structure of the patient based on the three-dimensional model and a physiological condition of the patient;
- and
- identify a location of a plaque within the blood vessel in the three-dimensional model.
A method for determining cardiovascular information for a patient using at least one computer system, the method comprising:
- receiving, using at least one computer system, patient-specific data regarding a geometry and at least one material property of at least a portion of an anatomical structure of the patient, the anatomical structure including at least a portion of a blood vessel;
- creating, using the at least one computer system, a three-dimensional model representing at least the portion of the anatomical structure of the patient based on the patient-specific data;
- determining, using the at least one computer system, information regarding a blood flow characteristic within the anatomical structure of the patient based on the three-dimensional model and a physiological condition of the patient;
- and
- identifying, using the at least one computer system, a plaque within the blood vessel in the three-dimensional model.
A non-transitory computer readable medium for use on a computer system containing computer-executable programming instructions for performing a method for determining cardiovascular information for a patient, the method comprising:
- receiving patient-specific data regarding a geometry and at least one material property of at least a portion of an anatomical structure of the patient, the anatomical structure including at least a portion of a blood vessel;
- creating a three-dimensional model representing at least the portion of the anatomical structure of the patient based on the patient-specific data;
- determining information regarding a blood flow characteristic within the anatomical structure of the patient based on the three-dimensional model and a physiological condition of the patient;
- and
- identifying a location of a plaque within the blood vessel in the three-dimensional model.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.