Abstract
The impact of flow-diverters used for cerebral aneurysm treatment on human brain hemodynamics was evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively. Numerical simulation of flow-diverter placement in cerebral vessels with aneurysms was carried out for the case history of a real patient using the commercial ANSYS 17.2 package with different (Newtonian and non-Newtonian) hydrodynamic models for blood rheology in different parts of the vessel and aneurysm, which is due to experimental data. It is shown that after flow-diverter placement, the blood flow through the artery segment containing the aneurysm neck decreases, resulting in a redistribution of the cerebral blood flow, which becomes close to the blood flow in healthy subjects. Changes in wall shear stresses in the flow-diverter region are indicative of possible aneurysm recanalization.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 963-970 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics |
Volume | 59 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2018 |
Keywords
- brain hemodynamics
- cerebral aneurysm
- flow-diverter
- non-Newtonian blood rheology
- reconstruction of DICOM images