Method and system for providing information from a patient-specific model of blood flow

A system for providing patient-specific blood flow information for a patient, the system comprising at least:

• a computer system including a processor configured to:
• (i) receive over an electronic network patient-specific data including images of at least a portion of a patient's anatomy;
• (ii) generate, based on the received patient-specific data, a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of an anatomical structure of a patient, and a reduced-order model of the portion of the anatomical structure;
• (iii) receive at a portable computer a user intervention input indicating a potential treatment of the anatomical structure and initiating a modification of the reduced-order model;
• and
• (iv) calculate at least one blood flow characteristic based on the received user intervention input and modification of the reduced-order model;
• and
• the portable computer including a touchscreen and being configured to:
• (i) display a three-dimensional model on the touchscreen of the portable computer;
• and
• (ii) display a calculated blood flow characteristic on the touchscreen of the portable computer.

A non-transitory computer readable medium for use on at least a computer system containing computer-executable programming instructions for providing patient-specific blood flow information and a portable computer including a touchscreen, the instructions being executable by the computer system for:

• receiving over an electronic network, at the computer system, patient-specific data including images of at least a portion of a patient's anatomy;
• generating, based on the received patient-specific data, a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of an anatomical structure of a patient, and a reduced-order model of the portion of the anatomical structure;
• displaying the three-dimensional model on the touchscreen of the portable computer;
• receiving at the portable computer a user intervention input indicating a potential treatment of the anatomical structure and initiating a modification of the reduced-order model;
• calculating at least one blood flow characteristic based on the received user intervention input and modification of the reduced-order model;
• and
• displaying the calculated at least one blood flow characteristic on the touchscreen of the portable computer.