[HTML][HTML] Medical image-based computational fluid dynamics and fluid-structure interaction analysis in vascular diseases

Y He, H Northrup, H Le, AK Cheung… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Hemodynamic factors, induced by pulsatile blood flow, play a crucial role in vascular health
and diseases, such as the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis. Computational fluid …

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 …

Computational modelling and simulation of fluid structure interaction in aortic aneurysms: A systematic review and discussion of the clinical potential

A Mourato, R Valente, J Xavier, M Brito, S Avril… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aortic aneurysm is a cardiovascular disease related to the alteration of the aortic tissue. It is
an important cause of death in developed countries, especially for older patients. The …

Computation of a probabilistic and anisotropic failure metric on the aortic wall using a machine learning-based surrogate model

M Liu, L Liang, Y Ismail, H Dong, X Lou… - Computers in biology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Scalar-valued failure metrics are commonly used to assess the risk of aortic aneurysm
rupture and dissection, which occurs under hypertensive blood pressures brought on by …

PyTorch-FEA: Autograd-enabled finite element analysis methods with applications for biomechanical analysis of human aorta

L Liang, M Liu, J Elefteriades, W Sun - Computer Methods and Programs in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background and objectives Finite-element analysis (FEA) is widely used as a standard tool
for stress and deformation analysis of solid structures, including human tissues and organs …

Effective data sampling strategies and boundary condition constraints of physics-informed neural networks for identifying material properties in solid mechanics

W Wu, M Daneker, MA Jolley, KT Turner… - Applied mathematics and …, 2023 - Springer
Material identification is critical for understanding the relationship between mechanical
properties and the associated mechanical functions. However, material identification is a …

An inverse method for mechanical characterization of heterogeneous diseased arteries using intravascular imaging

B Narayanan, ML Olender, D Marlevi, ER Edelman… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The increasing prevalence of finite element (FE) simulations in the study of atherosclerosis
has spawned numerous inverse FE methods for the mechanical characterization of …

Finite element analysis of transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Insights on the modelling of self-expandable devices

A Finotello, R Gorla, N Brambilla, F Bedogni… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Computational simulations of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) have
reached a high level of complexity and accuracy for the prediction of possible implantation …

[HTML][HTML] Biomechanics of abdominal aortic aneurysm in the framework of Windkessel effect and fully-developed inflow velocity via two-way non-linear FSI

X Wang, MH Ghayesh, A Kotousov, AC Zander… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a pathological condition characterised by localised
dilation of the infrarenal aorta, which can be fatal if rupture occurs. Current diagnostic criteria …

Uncertainty quantification in the in vivo image-based estimation of local elastic properties of vascular walls

BM Fanni, MN Antonuccio, A Pizzuto, S Berti… - Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Introduction: Patient-specific computational models are a powerful tool for planning
cardiovascular interventions. However, the in vivo patient-specific mechanical properties of …