Development of Cerebral Blood Flow Visualization System Using Oculus Rift

Abstract

Numerical blood flow simulation computes the blood flow state inside the living body by solving the governing equation of fluid dynamics and is used for diagnosis and surgical planning of vascular disease. However, because of the requirement of specialized knowledge, numerical simulation can be difficult to employ in medical practice without engineers. On the other hand, vascular networks usually have complicated anatomical structures that make it difficult for surgeon and patients to share information. In this research, we have developed a system that can dynamically remap the calculation results of 1D-0D simulation, which is a reduced dimension simulation method, to the patient-specific 3D blood vessels models and display them on the virtual reality display Oculus Rift.