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Blood Flow Simulation in Bifurcated Geometry of Abdominal and Iliac Arteries Based on CT Images  

Hong Y. S. (School of Mechanical & Control System Engineering, Handong Global University)
Kim M. C. (School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University)
Kang H. M. (School of Mechanical & Control System Engineering, Handong Global University)
Lee C. S. (School of Mechanical & Control System Engineering, Handong Global University)
Kim C. J. (School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University)
Lee J. M. (Diagnostic Radiology, School of Medicine, Kyungbook National University Hospital)
Kim D. S. (School of Computer Science & Electronic Engineering, Handong Global University)
Lee K. (School of Computer Science & Electronic Engineering, Handong Global University)
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Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research / v.25, no.6, 2004 , pp. 497-503 More about this Journal
Abstract
Numerical simulation of blood flow has been conducted based on real vessel geometries generated front DICOM medical images of abdominal and iliac bifurcated arteries of a healthy man. A program was developed to read cross sectional images of the three dimensional arteries and smoothly extract boundary coordinates of vessels. Commercial programs were employed for mesh generation and flow simulation. Pressures, velocities, and flow distributions were found to lie within normal physiological ranges. Peak velocity measured in the iliac artery by ultrasound was 20% smaller than that obtained by simulation. The trend of velocity variation in a cardiac cycle was fairly similar between the simulation and the ultrasonic measurements. Simulation based on real vessel geometry of individual patient provides information on pressure, velocity, and its distribution in the diseased arteries or arteries to be surgically treated. The results of simulation may help surgeons to better understand hemodynamic status and surgical need of the patient by revealing variation of the hemodynamic parameters. Futhermore, they may serve as basic data for surgical treatment of arteries. This research is expected to develop to a program in the future that early diagnose atherosclerosis by showing distribution of a hemodynamic index closely related to atherosclerosis in arteries.
Keywords
Abdominal Aortic Bifurcation; Iliac Artery; Atherosclerosis; Blood Flow; Numerical Simulation; DICOM; Ultrasound;
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