Method and system for patient-specific modeling of blood flow
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program comprising instructions, which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
- acquire non-invasively generated patient-specific anatomical data comprising information of at least one vessel of an imaging subject;
generate, using a processor, a three-dimensional geometric model from the patient-specific anatomical data, the three-dimensional geometric model comprising the at least one vessel;
determine anatomical information from the three-dimensional geometric model by generating a vessel tree by segmenting vessels in the three-dimensional geometric model from other anatomical structures contained therein;
perform a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis on the three-dimensional geometric model to generate hemodynamic pressure information from the anatomical information based on, at least in part, a relative material density of wall tissue and a composition of wall tissue of at least a portion of the vessel tree;
receive non-invasively generated perfusion data of a tissue adjacent to the at least one vessel;
determine an indicia of a perfusion risk of the tissue affected by a plaque or stenotic lesion using the CFD analysis and the perfusion data;
output a visualization of the perfusion data on the three-dimensional geometric model in combination with the indicia of the perfusion risk of of the tissue; and
enable an assessment of a treatment option for treating the tissue by electronic modification of the three-dimensional geometric model.
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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.
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14 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program comprising instructions, which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
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acquire non-invasively generated patient-specific anatomical data comprising information of at least one vessel of an imaging subject; generate, using a processor, a three-dimensional geometric model from the patient-specific anatomical data, the three-dimensional geometric model comprising the at least one vessel; determine anatomical information from the three-dimensional geometric model by generating a vessel tree by segmenting vessels in the three-dimensional geometric model from other anatomical structures contained therein; perform a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis on the three-dimensional geometric model to generate hemodynamic pressure information from the anatomical information based on, at least in part, a relative material density of wall tissue and a composition of wall tissue of at least a portion of the vessel tree; receive non-invasively generated perfusion data of a tissue adjacent to the at least one vessel; determine an indicia of a perfusion risk of the tissue affected by a plaque or stenotic lesion using the CFD analysis and the perfusion data; output a visualization of the perfusion data on the three-dimensional geometric model in combination with the indicia of the perfusion risk of of the tissue; and enable an assessment of a treatment option for treating the tissue by electronic modification of the three-dimensional geometric model. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for estimating vascular hemodynamic information comprising:
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acquiring non-invasively generated patient-specific anatomical data comprising information of at least one vessel of an imaging subject; generating, using a processor, a three-dimensional geometric model from the patient-specific anatomical data, the three-dimensional geometric model comprising the at least one vessel; determining anatomical information from the three-dimensional geometric model by generating a vessel tree by segmenting vessels in the three-dimensional geometric model from other anatomical structures contained therein; performing a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis on the three-dimensional geometric model to generate hemodynamic pressure information from the anatomical information based on, at least in part, a relative material density of wall tissue and a composition of wall tissue of at least a portion of the vessel tree; receiving non-invasively generated perfusion data of a tissue adjacent to the at least one vessel; determining an indicia of a perfusion risk of the tissue affected by a plaque or stenotic lesion using the CFD analysis and the perfusion data; outputting a visualization of the perfusion data on the three-dimensional geometric model in combination with the indicia of the perfusion risk of the tissue; and enabling an assessment of a treatment option for treating the tissue by electronic modification of the three-dimensional geometric model. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A system for estimating vascular hemodynamic information, comprising:
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a digital storage device storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the computer system to perform a method for estimating vascular hemodynamic information; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform the method for estimating vascular hemodynamic information, the method comprising; acquiring non-invasively generated patient-specific anatomical data comprising information of at least one vessel of an imaging subject; generating, using a processor, a three-dimensional geometric model from the patient-specific anatomical data, the three-dimensional geometric model comprising the at least one vessel; determining anatomical information from the three-dimensional geometric model by generating a vessel tree by segmenting vessels in the three-dimensional geometric model from other anatomical structures contained therein; performing a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis on the three-dimensional geometric model to generate hemodynamic pressure information from the anatomical information based on, at least in part, a relative material density of wall tissue and a composition of wall tissue of at least a portion of the vessel tree; receiving non-invasively generated perfusion data of a tissue adjacent to the at least one vessel; determining an indicia of a perfusion risk of the tissue affected by a plaque or stenotic lesion using the CFD analysis and the perfusion data; outputting a visualization of the perfusion data on the three-dimensional geometric model in combination with the indicia of the perfusion risk of the tissue; and enabling an assessment of a treatment option for treating the tissue by electronic modification of the three-dimensional geometric model. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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