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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210 Claims
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1-184. -184. (canceled)
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185. A method for assessing hemodynamic information, comprising:
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generating or acquiring anatomic information comprising at least a location and topology of a narrowing of a blood vessel; generating or acquiring blood flow information comprising at least flow information in one or more vessels proximal to the location of the narrowing; and estimating hemodynamic information based at least on the anatomic information and the blood flow information. - View Dependent Claims (186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193)
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194. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media encoding one or more processor-executable routines, wherein the one or more routines, when executed by a processor, cause acts to be performed comprising:
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accessing anatomic information comprising at least a location and topology of a narrowing of a blood vessel; accessing or acquiring blood flow information comprising at least flow information corresponding to one or more vessels proximal to the narrowing; and estimating hemodynamic information based at least on the anatomic information and the blood flow information. - View Dependent Claims (195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201)
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202. A processor-based system, comprising:
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a storage encoding one or more processor-executable routines, wherein the routines, when executed cause acts to be performed comprising; generating or acquiring anatomic information comprising at least a location and topology of a narrowing of a blood vessel; generating or acquiring blood flow information comprising at least flow information corresponding to one or more vessels proximal to the narrowing; and estimating hemodynamic information based at least on the anatomic information and the blood flow information; a memory configured to encode the one or more processor-executable routines prior to execution; and a processing component configured to access and execute the one or more routines when encoded by the memory. - View Dependent Claims (203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210)
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