Patent Document ID: 20150272448
Application ID: 14323646
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient, the system comprising: at least one computer system configured to: receive patient-specific data of the patient's anatomy; obtain a first model representing a portion of the patent's anatomy based on the patient-specific data; determine a first blood flow rate within the patient's anatomy at a point of interest of the first model using either estimates of blood flow characteristics associated with a plurality of individuals, or estimates of blood flow rate computed from a physics-based mode of blood flow through the patents anatomy; determine a second model representing a modification to the first model of the portion of the patient's anatomy, upstream of the point of interest; determine a second blood flow rate at a point in the second model respective to the point of interest in the first model; and determine a ratio of the second blood flow rate to the first blood flow rate.