Computation of pulsatile flow in a carotid artery using a Cartesian coordinate system

Abstract

We have developed a method to solve pulsatile blood flow in a Cartesian coordinate system by directly utilizing voxel data of medical images in a manner of VOF (fractional Volume Of Fluid). The purpose of this paper is to make an application of this method in analysis of blood flow in a realistic carotid artery by using the ultrasonic images.