METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING OF BLOOD FLOW
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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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81 Claims
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1-60. -60. (canceled)
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61. A system for determining patient-specific cardiovascular information, the system comprising:
at least one computer system configured to; receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of an anatomical structure of the patient; create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the anatomical structure of the patient based on the patient-specific data; determine a total resistance associated with a total flow through the portion of the anatomical structure of the patient; and determine information regarding a blood flow characteristic within the anatomical structure of the patient based on the three-dimensional model, a physics-based model relating to the anatomical structure of the patient, and the determined total resistance. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. A method for determining patient-specific cardiovascular information using at least one computer system, the method comprising:
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inputting into the at least one computer system patient-specific data regarding a geometry of an anatomical structure of the patient; creating, using at least one computer, a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the anatomical structure of the patient based on the patient-specific data; determining, using at least one computer, a total resistance associated with a total flow through the portion of the anatomical structure of the patient; and determining, using at least one computer, information regarding a blood flow characteristic within the anatomical structure of the patient based on the three-dimensional model, a physics-based model relating to the anatomical structure of the patient, and the determined total resistance. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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77. A non-transitory computer readable medium for use on a computer system containing computer-executable programming instructions for performing a method for determining patient-specific cardiovascular information, the method comprising:
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receiving patient-specific data regarding a geometry of an anatomical structure of the patient; creating a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the anatomical structure of the patient based on the patient-specific data; determining a total resistance associated with a total flow through the portion of the anatomical structure of the patient; and determining information regarding a blood flow characteristic within the anatomical structure of the patient based on the three-dimensional model, a physics-based model relating to the anatomical structure of the patient, and the determined total resistance. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79, 80)
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81-184. -184. (canceled)
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