Method and system for patient-specific modeling of blood flow
First Claim
1. A method for non-invasive assessment of coronary artery stenosis, comprising:
- extracting, using at least one processor, patient-specific anatomical measurements of the coronary arteries from medical image data of a patient acquired during a rest state;
calculating, using the at least one processor, patient-specific rest state boundary conditions of a model of coronary circulation representing the coronary arteries based on the patient-specific anatomical measurements and non-invasive clinical measurements of the patient at rest;
calculating, using the at least one processor, patient-specific hyperemic boundary conditions of the model of coronary circulation using the rest boundary conditions and using a model for simulated hyperemia;
simulating, using the at least one processor, hyperemic blood flow and pressure across at least one stenosis region of at least one coronary artery using the model of coronary circulation and the patient-specific hyperemic boundary conditions; and
calculating, using the at least one processor, fractional flow reserve (FFR) of the at least one stenosis region based on the simulated hyperemic blood flow and pressure.
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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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23 Claims
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1. A method for non-invasive assessment of coronary artery stenosis, comprising:
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extracting, using at least one processor, patient-specific anatomical measurements of the coronary arteries from medical image data of a patient acquired during a rest state; calculating, using the at least one processor, patient-specific rest state boundary conditions of a model of coronary circulation representing the coronary arteries based on the patient-specific anatomical measurements and non-invasive clinical measurements of the patient at rest; calculating, using the at least one processor, patient-specific hyperemic boundary conditions of the model of coronary circulation using the rest boundary conditions and using a model for simulated hyperemia; simulating, using the at least one processor, hyperemic blood flow and pressure across at least one stenosis region of at least one coronary artery using the model of coronary circulation and the patient-specific hyperemic boundary conditions; and calculating, using the at least one processor, fractional flow reserve (FFR) of the at least one stenosis region based on the simulated hyperemic blood flow and pressure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program instructions for non-invasive assessment of coronary artery stenosis, the computer program instructions when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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extracting patient-specific anatomical measurements of the coronary arteries from medical image data of a patient acquired during a rest state; calculating patient-specific rest state boundary conditions of a model of coronary circulation representing the coronary arteries based on the patient-specific anatomical measurements and non-invasive clinical measurements of the patient at rest; calculating patient-specific hyperemic boundary conditions of the model of coronary circulation using the rest boundary conditions and using a model for simulated hyperemia; simulating hyperemic blood flow and pressure across at least one stenosis region of at least one coronary artery using the model of coronary circulation and the patient-specific hyperemic boundary conditions; and calculating fractional flow reserve (FFR) of the at least one stenosis region based on the simulated hyperemic blood flow and pressure. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for non-invasive assessment of coronary artery stenosis, comprising:
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extracting, using at least one processor, patient-specific anatomical measurements of the coronary arteries from medical image data of a patient acquired during a hyperemia state; calculating, using at least one processor, patient-specific hyperemic boundary conditions of a model of coronary circulation representing the coronary arteries using the patient-specific anatomical measurements and using non-invasive clinical measurements of the patient at hyperemia; simulating, using at least one processor, hyperemic blood flow and pressure across at least one stenosis region of at least one coronary artery using the model of coronary circulation and the patient-specific hyperemic boundary conditions; and calculating, using at least one processor, fractional flow reserve (FFR) of the at least one stenosis region based on the simulated hyperemic blood flow and pressure.
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