Patent ID: 9042613
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: A61B,G06F,G06K,G06T,G16H

Abstract:
1. A system for evaluating cardiovascular treatment options for a patient, the system comprising: at least one computer system configured to: create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart or vasculature based on patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart or vasculature; retrieve a stored plurality of treatment geometries, each treatment geometry including a geometry of a stent or a bypass graft; for each of the plurality of treatment geometries, modify at least one of the three-dimensional model or a reduced order model of the patient's heart or vasculature based on a respective one of the retrieved treatment geometries; determine, for each of the plurality of treatment geometries, a value of a blood flow characteristic calculated from at least one of the modified three-dimensional model and the modified reduced order model; and identify one of the plurality of treatment geometries that solves a function of at least one of: the determined blood flow characteristics of the patient's heart or vasculature, and one or more costs stored in association with each of the plurality of retrieved treatment geometries.