MICCAI'10 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention: Part III
Virtual interventions for image-based blood flow computation
Computer-Aided Design
Detection of type II endoleaks in abdominal aortic aneurysms after endovascular repair
Computers in Biology and Medicine
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In treating thoracic aortic diseases, endovascular repair involves the placement of a self-expanding stent-graft system across the diseased thoracic aorta. Computational fluid dynamic techniques are applied to model the blood flow by numerically solving the three-dimensional continuity equation and the time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations for an incompressible fluid. From our results, high blood pressure level and high systolic slope of the pressure waveform will significantly increase the drag force on a stent-graft whereas high blood viscosity causes only a mild increase. It indicates that hemodynamic factors might have an important impact on the drag force and thus play a significant role in the risk of stent-graft failure.