Computational modeling of arterial blood flow

Abstract

Recently, there is a growing interest in developing numerical methods and tools to investigate the hemodynamics of the arterial flow, and to understand its influence on the transport of solutes (e.g., oxygen), nutrients, etc. As arteries morphology is complex and patient-related, medical data based reconstruction of the geometry may be utilized to generate realistic computational domains. The blood flow is then investigated by finite element method (FEM) for a range of flow parameters. The flow patterns thus obtained may be utilized for vascular surgery training, planning and intervention, to investigate atherosclerosis genesis, in drug targeting, etc. © 2009 Springer.