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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Bridging finite element and machine learning modeling: stress prediction of arterial walls in atherosclerosis

A Madani, A Bakhaty, J Kim… - Journal of …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Finite element and machine learning modeling are two predictive paradigms that have rarely
been bridged. In this study, we develop a parametric model to generate arterial geometries …

Simulating progressive intramural damage leading to aortic dissection using DeepONet: an operator–regression neural network

M Yin, E Ban, BV Rego, E Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Aortic dissection progresses mainly via delamination of the medial layer of the wall.
Notwithstanding the complexity of this process, insight has been gleaned by studying in vitro …

A machine learning approach to investigate the relationship between shape features and numerically predicted risk of ascending aortic aneurysm

L Liang, M Liu, C Martin, JA Elefteriades… - … and modeling in …, 2017 - Springer
Geometric features of the aorta are linked to patient risk of rupture in the clinical decision to
electively repair an ascending aortic aneurysm (AsAA). Previous approaches have focused …

[HTML][HTML] A deep learning approach to predict abdominal aortic aneurysm expansion using longitudinal data

Z Jiang, HN Do, J Choi, W Lee, S Baek - Frontiers in Physics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a gradual enlargement of the aorta that can cause a
life-threatening event when a rupture occurs. Aneurysmal geometry has been proved to be a …

Predictive constitutive modelling of arteries by deep learning

GA Holzapfel, K Linka… - Journal of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The constitutive modelling of soft biological tissues has rapidly gained attention over the last
20 years. Current constitutive models can describe the mechanical properties of arterial …

A generic physics-informed neural network-based constitutive model for soft biological tissues

M Liu, L Liang, W Sun - Computer methods in applied mechanics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Constitutive modeling is a cornerstone for stress analysis of mechanical behaviors of
biological soft tissues. Recently, it has been shown that machine learning (ML) techniques …

Neural operator learning of heterogeneous mechanobiological insults contributing to aortic aneurysms

S Goswami, DS Li, BV Rego… - Journal of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) is a localized dilatation of the aorta that can lead to life-
threatening dissection or rupture. In vivo assessments of TAA progression are largely limited …