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Area of Science:

  • Urology
  • Medical Imaging
  • Biomedical Engineering

Background:

  • Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) causes lower urinary tract symptoms and is the most common benign tumor in men.
  • Prostatic artery embolization (PAE) is a minimally invasive alternative to surgery for BPH, involving emboli injection into prostate arteries.
  • Complications from BPH therapies necessitate improved treatment strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a personalized PAE treatment strategy using patient-specific computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
  • To simulate embolic particle transport during PAE under different patient positioning scenarios.
  • To identify optimal emboli injection locations for minimizing off-target delivery.

Main Methods:

  • Simulated hemodynamics in the iliac arterial tree using CFD.
  • Employed Lagrangian particle tracking to model embolic transport during PAE.
  • Developed emboli release maps (ERMs) by mapping emboli back to their initial locations.
  • Compared standard horizontal and hypothetical vertical patient positioning.

Main Results:

  • Complex blood flow patterns were observed in the iliac arterial network.
  • ERMs identified specific release regions for targeted PA emboli delivery with standard positioning.
  • Vertical patient positioning showed larger emboli forming more coherent regions in ERMs.
  • Demonstrated potential for minimizing non-target embolization.

Conclusions:

  • Patient-specific CFD models can optimize PAE procedures.
  • The developed method aids in identifying precise emboli injection sites.
  • This approach promises to enhance PAE efficacy and safety by reducing off-target delivery.