CFD analysis incorporating the influence of wall motion: Application to intracranial aneurysms

Laura Dempere-Marco*, Estanislao Oubel, Marcelo Castro, Christopher Putman, Alejandro Frangi, Juan Cebral

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Abstract

Haemodynamics, and in particular wall shear stress, is thought to play a critical role in the progression and rupture of intracranial aneurysms. A novel method is presented that combines image-based wall motion estimation obtained through non-rigid registration with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations in order to provide realistic intra-aneurysmal flow patterns and understand the effects of deforming walls on the haemodynamic patterns. In contrast to previous approaches, which assume rigid walls or ad hoc elastic parameters to perform the CFD simulations, wall compliance has been included in this study through the imposition of measured wall motions. This circumvents the difficulties in estimating personalized elasticity properties. Although variations in the aneurysmal haemodynamics were observed when incorporating the wall motion, the overall characteristics of the wall shear stress distribution do not seem to change considerably. Further experiments with more cases will be required to establish the clinical significance of the observed variations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2006
Subtitle of host publication9th International Conference, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer-Verlag Italia
Pages438-445
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)354044727X, 9783540447276
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Event9th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2006 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration: 1 Oct 20066 Oct 2006

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4191 LNCS - II
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2006
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityCopenhagen
Period1/10/066/10/06

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