Construction of a computational non-planar curved tube model from MRI data

Author

Spirka, Thomas A. ; Myers, Jerry G. ; Setser, Randolph M. ; Halliburton, Sandra S. ; White, Richard D. ; Chatzimavroudis, George P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Chem. & Biomed. Eng., Cleveland State Univ., OH, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

38485

Firstpage

79

Lastpage

82

Abstract

The construction of computational models from images of experimental or clinical vascular models should result in more reliable flow simulations, but it is accompanied by great challenges. Curvature, branching, and the lack of planarity in a model are some of the factors that complicate both the imaging procedure and the image data processing performed in order to extract the geometry and re-construct the models. This study describes the methodology developed to image and construct a computational model of a non-planar aortic arch glass model to be used for simulations of blood flow.

Keywords

biomedical MRI; blood vessels; computational fluid dynamics; flow simulation; haemodynamics; image reconstruction; medical image processing; MRI data; blood flow simulation; computational fluid dynamics; computational model construction; computational nonplanar curved tube model; flow simulations; image data processing; magnetic resonance imaging; nonplanar aortic arch glass model; vascular models; Biomedical computing; Biomedical imaging; Computational modeling; Data mining; Geometry; Glass; Magnetic resonance imaging; Protocols; Semiconductor device modeling; Solid modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Imaging Systems and Techniques, 2005. IEEE International Workshop on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8922-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IST.2005.1594533

Filename

1594533