WITH BASANT REGMI AND DR. ETHAN KUNG, DEPARTMENTS OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
The use of a three-dimensional model of a patient’s cardiovascular system from their medical scans is not common practice in the medical field. However, they provide an improved visualization for doctors to use when diagnosing and treating their patients, as well as enable hemodynamic simulations to analyze blood flow patterns. With the aorta being the largest vessel in the body and many other vessels branching from it, having a three-dimensional model of the aorta will provide a clearer image of a patient’s cardiovascular system. The purpose of this study is to create anatomic models of the cardiovascular system, specifically the aorta and its branches, to improve the standard practices in the medical field. The program SimVascular was used to create the models from patients’ computed tomography (CT) scans. Models of the aortas were created through path planning and two-dimensional segmentation inside of SimVascular. Lofting of the segmentations in 3D space then creates the final 3D models for subsequent research work such as hemodynamic simulations and shape analysis. These steps in SimVascular allow for accurate creation of the aortas by starting on the 2D plane and transforming the model into a 3D version. The creation of the models from these steps allows for the creation of blood flow simulations through the vessels. Once these steps are completed accurately, the models may be used by clinicians to better help their patients. Creation of 3D Cardiovascular Anatomic Models to Assist in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Medical Patients
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