Patent ID: 7970719

Claim:
A method for structurally individualized simulation of the introduction of a wall support element into a section of a tubular structure, the method comprising: providing image data, which includes at least image data of the interior of the section of the tubular structure; determining a start point and an end point of the section of the tubular structure; determining a lumen of the section of the tubular structure between the start point and the end point on the basis of the image data; determining a profile line between the start point and the end point on the basis of the image data; identifying an individual elastic structure model for the section of the tubular structure by adapting a tubular elastic initial model to the section of the tubular structure on the basis of the identified lumen and the profile line; providing a tubular elastic wall support element model which is positioned inside the individual structure model; and stepwise virtual expanding of the wall support element model, a check for collisions between the wall support element model and the individual structure model being carried out in each virtual expanding step, and the wall support element model and the individual structure model being modified at least locally at the positions where a collision is identified, while taking into account the elasticity of the individual structure model.