- Patent Title: Method for determining patient-specific blood vessel information
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Application No.: US15506909Application Date: 2015-08-31
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Publication No.: US10658085B2Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Eun Bo Shim
- Applicant: KNU-INDUSTRY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
- Applicant Address: KR Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
- Assignee: KNU-INDUSTRY COORPORATION FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee: KNU-INDUSTRY COORPORATION FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee Address: KR Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
- Agency: Novick, Kim & Lee, PLLC
- Agent Jae Youn Kim
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@137dd737
- International Application: PCT/IB2015/001476 WO 20150831
- International Announcement: WO2016/030744 WO 20160303
- Main IPC: G16H50/50
- IPC: G16H50/50 ; A61B5/02 ; A61B6/00 ; G06F17/11

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for determining patient-specific blood vessel information. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for determining patient-specific cardiovascular information by applying a simplified coronary circulation model thereto. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for determining a blood flow rate for branches of a blood vessel having originated from an artery of each patient. According to the present invention, the method for determining cardiovascular information by using a computer system comprises the steps of: receiving image data including a plurality of coronary arteries having originated from the aorta; processing the image data so as to generate a three-dimensional shape model of the plurality of coronary arteries; simulating a blood flow for the generated three-dimensional shape model of the plurality of coronary arteries; and determining a fractional flow reserve (FFR) of the respective coronary arteries with the blood flow simulation result. In the blood flow simulation step for the three-dimensional shape model of the plurality of coronary arteries, a computational fluid dynamics model is applied to the three-dimensional shape model of the coronary arteries, and a centralized parameter model to be combined with the computational fluid dynamics model uses a simplified coronary circulation model including coronary arteries, capillaries of the coronary arteries, and coronary veins.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170286628A1 METHOD FOR DETERMINING PATIENT-SPECIFIC BLOOD VESSEL INFORMATION Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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