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 image data regarding a geometry of an anatomical structure of the patient, the anatomical structure including at least a portion of at least one coronary artery emanating from an aorta;
create a three-dimensional model representing at least the portion of the at least one coronary artery using the received patient-specific image data;
determine a blood flow model defining the flow of blood through the three-dimensional model representing at least the portion of the at least one coronary artery;
calculate one or more values of a blood flow characteristic within the portion of the at least one coronary artery using by modeling blood flow through the three-dimensional model using the determined blood flow model, where the blood flow model is a function of the three-dimensional model;
calculate at least one of;
(i) a risk of plaque rupture within the portion of the at least one coronary artery using the modeled blood flow through the three-dimensional model and the one or more calculated values of the blood flow characteristic, and (ii) a risk of perfusion deficit within at least a portion of the anatomical structure of the patient using the modeled blood flow through the three-dimensional model and the one or more calculated values of the blood flow characteristic; and
display on the three-dimensional model representing at least the portion of the at least one coronary artery, a visual representation associated with at least one of;
(i) the calculated risk of plaque rupture within the portion of the at least one coronary artery, and (ii) the calculated risk of perfusion deficit within at least the portion of the anatomical structure.
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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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30 Claims
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1. A system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient, the system comprising:
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at least one computer system configured to; receive patient-specific image data regarding a geometry of an anatomical structure of the patient, the anatomical structure including at least a portion of at least one coronary artery emanating from an aorta; create a three-dimensional model representing at least the portion of the at least one coronary artery using the received patient-specific image data; determine a blood flow model defining the flow of blood through the three-dimensional model representing at least the portion of the at least one coronary artery; calculate one or more values of a blood flow characteristic within the portion of the at least one coronary artery using by modeling blood flow through the three-dimensional model using the determined blood flow model, where the blood flow model is a function of the three-dimensional model; calculate at least one of;
(i) a risk of plaque rupture within the portion of the at least one coronary artery using the modeled blood flow through the three-dimensional model and the one or more calculated values of the blood flow characteristic, and (ii) a risk of perfusion deficit within at least a portion of the anatomical structure of the patient using the modeled blood flow through the three-dimensional model and the one or more calculated values of the blood flow characteristic; anddisplay on the three-dimensional model representing at least the portion of the at least one coronary artery, a visual representation associated with at least one of;
(i) the calculated risk of plaque rupture within the portion of the at least one coronary artery, and (ii) the calculated risk of perfusion deficit within at least the portion of the anatomical structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-implemented method for determining patient-specific cardiovascular information using at least one computer system, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a computer system, patient-specific image data regarding a geometry of an anatomical structure of a patient, the anatomical structure including at least a portion of at least one coronary artery emanating from an aorta; creating, using the computer system, a three-dimensional model representing at least the portion of the at least one coronary artery using the received patient-specific image data; determining, using the computer system, a blood flow model defining the flow of blood through the three-dimensional model representing at least the portion of the at least one coronary artery; calculating, using the computer system, one or more values of a blood flow characteristic within the portion of the at least one coronary artery using by modeling blood flow through the three-dimensional model using the determined blood flow model, where the blood flow model is a function of the three-dimensional model; calculating, using the computer system, at least one of;
(i) a risk of plaque rupture within the portion of the at least one coronary artery using the modeled blood flow through the three-dimensional model and the one or more calculated values of the blood flow characteristic, and (ii) a risk of perfusion deficit within at least a portion of the anatomical structure of the patient using the modeled blood flow through the three-dimensional model and the one or more calculated values of the blood flow characteristic; anddisplaying on the three-dimensional model, using the computer system, representing at least the portion of the at least one coronary artery, a visual representation associated with at least one of;
(i) the calculated risk of plaque rupture within the portion of the at least one coronary artery, and (ii) the calculated risk of perfusion deficit within at least the portion of the anatomical structure. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A non-transitory computer readable medium for use on at least one 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 image data regarding a geometry of an anatomical structure of the patient, the anatomical structure including at least a portion of at least one coronary artery emanating from an aorta; creating a three-dimensional model representing at least the portion of the at least one coronary artery using the received patient-specific image data; determining, using the computer system, a blood flow model defining the flow of blood through the three-dimensional model representing at least the portion of the at least one coronary artery; calculating one or more values of a blood flow characteristic within the portion of the at least one coronary artery using by modeling blood flow through the three-dimensional model using the determined blood flow model, where the blood flow model is a function of the three-dimensional model; calculating at least one of;
(i) a risk of plaque rupture within the portion of the at least one coronary artery using the modeled blood flow through the three-dimensional model and the one or more calculated values of the blood flow characteristic, and (ii) a risk of perfusion deficit within at least a portion of the anatomical structure of the patient using the modeled blood flow through the three-dimensional model and the one or more calculated values of the blood flow characteristic; anddisplaying on the three-dimensional model representing at least the portion of the at least one coronary artery, a visual representation associated with at least one of;
(i) the calculated risk of plaque rupture within the portion of the at least one coronary artery, and (ii) the calculated risk of perfusion deficit within at least the portion of the anatomical structure. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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