开发一个几乎自动化的开源管道,用于在前脑血管中进行计算流体动力学模拟:一个可行性研究
Mostafa Rezaeitaleshmahalleh1,2, Nan Mu1,2,3, Zonghan Lyu1,2
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI, USA.
Scientific reports
|December 5, 2024
概括
一个新的半自动管道简化了对内动脉瘤 (IA) 的计算流体动力学 (CFD) 模拟. 这种方法使用开源工具来产生可靠的血液动力学见解,改善IA患者的临床管理.
科学领域:
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
- 医疗成像医学成像
- 计算科学 计算科学
背景情况:
- 内动脉瘤 (IA) 带来了重大的临床挑战.
- 计算流体动力学 (CFD) 有助于理解IA血液动力学,但复杂且耗时.
- 现有的CFD工作流程不适合临床环境,因为它们的劳动密集型性质.
研究的目的:
- 开发和验证一个半自动管道,以简化脑内血管的CFD模拟.
- 整合开源软件,以实现高效的3D模型生成和血液动力学分析.
- 为了减少对临床应用的CFD模拟的时间和用户依赖.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自18名患者的医学血管造影数据.
- 采用内部深度学习 (DL) 分段模型 (ARU-Net) 进行3D血管模型生成.
- 使用血管建模工具包 (VMTK) 精制的模型,与TetGen连接,并通过API与SimVascular溶解器模拟血流.
主要成果:
- 基于DL的细分显示出可靠的性能,几何变量与手动细分密切匹配 (3-10%的相对差异).
- 包括速度和壁切应力 (WSS) 在内的血液动力学变量表现出良好的可靠性 (ICC 0.85-0.95).
- 与手动CFD协议相比,自动化工作流显著减少了用户交互和时间.
结论:
- 拟议的半自动化管道有效地简化了对内动脉瘤的CFD模拟.
- 工作流产生与手动方法一致的结果,同时最大限度地减少用户输入.
- 这种方法有望将先进的血液动力学分析集成到IA管理的临床实践中.
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