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A methodology to generate structured computational grids from DICOM data: application to a patient-specific abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) model

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  • Evangelos Makris
  • Vasileios Gkanis
  • Sokrates Tsangaris
  • Christos Housiadas

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This study presents the generation of a multi-block structured grid on a real abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) acquired from Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) data. With the use of a computed tomography exam (or medical images in standard DICOM format), the shape of a human organ is extracted and a structured computational grid is created. The structured grid generation is done by utilising Floater's and Gopalsamy et al.'s algorithm. The proposed methodology is applied to the AAA case, but it may also be applied to other human organs, enabling the scientist to develop an advanced patient-specific model. More importantly, the proposed methodology provides a precise reconstruction of the human organs, which is required in an AAA, where small variations in the geometry may alter the flow field, the stresses exerted on the walls and finally the rupture risk of the aneurysm.

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  • Evangelos Makris & Vasileios Gkanis & Sokrates Tsangaris & Christos Housiadas, 2012. "A methodology to generate structured computational grids from DICOM data: application to a patient-specific abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) model," Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(2), pages 173-183.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:gcmbxx:v:15:y:2012:i:2:p:173-183
    DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2010.518963
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    1. Panagiotis Neofytou & Sokrates Tsangaris & Michalis Kyriakidis, 2008. "Vascular wall flow-induced forces in a progressively enlarged aneurysm model," Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(6), pages 615-626.
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