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

A computer system for providing patient-specific blood flow information for a patient, the computer system configured to:

• receive one or both of a geometric model and a reduced-order model representing at least a portion of an anatomical structure of a patient based on patient-specific anatomical data;
• generate a display of the geometric model representing at least the portion of the anatomical structure;
• receive a user intervention input corresponding to a user dragging an intervention indicator across a display to indicate a potential treatment of the anatomical structure;
• initiate a modification of the geometric model or a reduced-order model of a portion of the anatomical structure based on the user intervention input;
• modify a display of the intervention indicator on the display of the geometric model representing at least the portion of the anatomical structure based on the received user intervention input;
• calculate at least one blood flow characteristic based on the received user intervention input and the modification of one or both of the geometric model and the reduced-order model;
• and
• generate a display of the calculated at least one blood flow characteristic for display with the display of the geometric model and the intervention indicator.

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

• receiving one or both of a geometric model and a reduced-order model representing at least a portion of an anatomical structure of a patient based on patient-specific anatomical data;
• generating a display of the geometric model representing at least the portion of the anatomical structure;
• receiving a user intervention input corresponding to a user dragging an intervention indicator across a display to indicate a potential treatment of the anatomical structure;
• initiating that initiates a modification of the geometric model or a reduced-order model of a portion of the anatomical structure based on the user intervention input;
• modifying a display of the intervention indicator on the display of the geometric model representing at least the portion of the anatomical structure based on the received user intervention input;
• calculating at least one blood flow characteristic based on the received user intervention input and the modification of one or both of the geometric model and the reduced-order model;
• and
• generating a display of the calculated at least one blood flow characteristic for display with the display of the geometric model and the intervention indicator.