A deep learning framework for design and analysis of surgical bioprosthetic heart valves

A Balu, S Nallagonda, F Xu, A Krishnamurthy… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Bioprosthetic heart valves (BHVs) are commonly used as heart valve replacements but they
are prone to fatigue failure; estimating their remaining life directly from medical images is …

A deep learning approach to estimate stress distribution: a fast and accurate surrogate of finite-element analysis

L Liang, M Liu, C Martin, W Sun - Journal of The Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Structural finite-element analysis (FEA) has been widely used to study the biomechanics of
human tissues and organs, as well as tissue–medical device interactions, and treatment …

Distortion energy for deep learning-based volumetric finite element mesh generation for aortic valves

DH Pak, M Liu, T Kim, L Liang, R McKay, W Sun… - … Image Computing and …, 2021 - Springer
Volumetric meshes with hexahedral elements are generally best for stress analysis using
finite element (FE) methods. With recent interests in finite element analysis (FEA) for …

A feasibility study of deep learning for predicting hemodynamics of human thoracic aorta

L Liang, W Mao, W Sun - Journal of biomechanics, 2020 - Elsevier
Numerical analysis methods including finite element analysis (FEA), computational fluid
dynamics (CFD), and fluid–structure interaction (FSI) analysis have been used to study the …

Cardiovision: a fully automated deep learning package for medical image segmentation and reconstruction generating digital twins for patients with aortic stenosis

A Rouhollahi, JN Willi, S Haltmeier, A Mehrtash… - … Medical Imaging and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most prevalent heart valve disease in western countries that
poses a significant public health challenge due to the lack of a medical treatment to prevent …

Machine learning–based 3‐D geometry reconstruction and modeling of aortic valve deformation using 3‐D computed tomography images

L Liang, F Kong, C Martin, T Pham… - … journal for numerical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
To conduct a patient‐specific computational modeling of the aortic valve, 3‐D aortic valve
anatomic geometries of an individual patient need to be reconstructed from clinical 3‐D …

Towards a non-invasive computational diagnostic framework for personalized cardiology of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in interactions with complex …

S Khodaei, R Sadeghi, P Blanke, J Leipsic… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aortic stenosis is an acute and chronic cardiovascular disease that often coexists with other
complex valvular, ventricular and vascular diseases (C3VD). Transcatheter aortic valve …

Soft robotic patient-specific hydrodynamic model of aortic stenosis and ventricular remodeling

L Rosalia, C Ozturk, D Goswami, J Bonnemain… - Science robotics, 2023 - science.org
Aortic stenosis (AS) affects about 1.5 million people in the United States and is associated
with a 5-year survival rate of 20% if untreated. In these patients, aortic valve replacement is …

A deep learning approach for the automatic recognition of prosthetic mitral valve in echocardiographic images

M Vafaeezadeh, H Behnam, A Hosseinsabet… - Computers in Biology …, 2021 - Elsevier
The first step in the automatic evaluation of the cardiac prosthetic valve is the recognition of
such valves in echocardiographic images. This research surveyed whether a deep …

Effects of choice of medical imaging modalities on a non-invasive diagnostic and monitoring computational framework for patients with complex valvular, vascular, and …

M Baiocchi, S Barsoum, S Khodaei… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Due to the high individual differences in the anatomy and pathophysiology of patients,
planning individualized treatment requires patient-specific diagnosis. Indeed, hemodynamic …