Method and system for patient-specific modeling of blood flow
First Claim
1. A system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient, the system comprising:
- at least one computer system configured to;
receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry and at least one material property of at least a portion of an anatomical structure of the patient, the anatomical structure including at least a portion of a blood vessel;
create a three-dimensional model representing at least the portion of the anatomical structure of the patient based on the patient-specific data;
determine information regarding a blood flow characteristic within the anatomical structure of the patient based on the three-dimensional model and a physiological condition of the patient; and
identify a location of a plaque within the blood vessel in the three-dimensional 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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32 Claims
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1. A system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient, the system comprising:
at least one computer system configured to; receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry and at least one material property of at least a portion of an anatomical structure of the patient, the anatomical structure including at least a portion of a blood vessel; create a three-dimensional model representing at least the portion of the anatomical structure of the patient based on the patient-specific data; determine information regarding a blood flow characteristic within the anatomical structure of the patient based on the three-dimensional model and a physiological condition of the patient; and identify a location of a plaque within the blood vessel in the three-dimensional model. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for determining cardiovascular information for a patient using at least one computer system, the method comprising:
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receiving, using at least one computer system, patient-specific data regarding a geometry and at least one material property of at least a portion of an anatomical structure of the patient, the anatomical structure including at least a portion of a blood vessel; creating, using the at least one computer system, a three-dimensional model representing at least the portion of the anatomical structure of the patient based on the patient-specific data; determining, using the at least one computer system, information regarding a blood flow characteristic within the anatomical structure of the patient based on the three-dimensional model and a physiological condition of the patient; and identifying, using the at least one computer system, a plaque within the blood vessel in the three-dimensional model. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A non-transitory computer readable medium for use on a computer system containing computer-executable programming instructions for performing a method for determining cardiovascular information for a patient, the method comprising:
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receiving patient-specific data regarding a geometry and at least one material property of at least a portion of an anatomical structure of the patient, the anatomical structure including at least a portion of a blood vessel; creating a three-dimensional model representing at least the portion of the anatomical structure of the patient based on the patient-specific data; determining information regarding a blood flow characteristic within the anatomical structure of the patient based on the three-dimensional model and a physiological condition of the patient; and identifying a location of a plaque within the blood vessel in the three-dimensional model. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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