Image-based simulation of cerebral hemodynamics

Abstract

The paper aims to investigate the relationship between cerebrovascular morphology and hemodynmaics in order to predict rupture and creation of cerebral aneurysms. The authors have been developing an image-based simulation system together with a database system. Using 19 cases of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) analysis from the database system, the multiple regression analysis is performed to estimate a maximum value of wall shear stress. The results are compared and show good agreement with those of numerical analyses.