Title :
Effect of coil surface area on the hemodynamics of a patient-specific intracranial aneurysm: A computational study
Author :
Aguilar, M.L. ; Morales, H.G. ; Larrabide, I. ; Macho, J.M. ; Roman, L.S. ; Frangi, Alejandro F.
Author_Institution :
Center for Comput. Imaging & Simulation Technol. in Biomed. (CISTIB), Univ. Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
The purpose of this work is to evaluate the influence of coil diameters on the hemodynamics of intracranial aneurysms by using computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations. Three virtual treatments were performed varying packing density and coil surface area, by changing coil diameter. Hemodynamic parameters such as wall shear stress (WSS), average velocity and dye concentration at the aneurysm site were qualitative and quantitatively analyzed. Simulations with same coil area (958 mm2) but different packing density (21.0% and 41.6%) show similar hemodynamic alterations. Besides, the treated model with the highest coil area (1596 mm2) and intermediate packing density (33.2%) exhibited the highest reduction in the studied hemodynamic variables. Our findings show that coil area plays an important role in the resistance (pressure and frictional drags) of blood flow through the coils.
Keywords :
computational fluid dynamics; drag; haemodynamics; medical computing; medical disorders; patient treatment; CFD simulations; blood flow frictional drag; blood flow pressure; coil diameter effects; coil surface area effects; computational fluid dynamic simulations; dye concentration; haemodynamic velocity; intracranial aneurysm hemodynamics; packing density; patient specific intracranial aneurysm; size 1596 mm; size 958 mm; wall shear stress; Aneurysm; Biomedical imaging; Coils; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational modeling; Hemodynamics; Surface treatment; CFD; coil surface area; endovascular coiling; hemodynamics; intracranial aneurysms;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2012 9th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1857-1
DOI :
10.1109/ISBI.2012.6235771
