The aortic vessel tree is composed of the aorta and its branching arteries, and plays a key
role in supplying the whole body with blood. Aortic diseases, like aneurysms or dissections …

Abstract Background and Objective Near-wall transport of low-density lipoproteins (LDL) in
arteries plays a relevant role in the initiation of atherosclerosis. Although it can be modelled …

This study investigates the impact that uncertainty in phase contrast-MRI derived inlet
boundary conditions has on patient-specific computational hemodynamics models of the …

Flow efficiency through the Fontan connection is an important factor related to patient
outcomes. It can be quantified using either a simplified power loss or a viscous dissipation …

Cardiac four‐dimensional phase‐contrast magnetic resonance imaging (4D PC‐MRI)
acquisitions have gained increasing clinical interest in recent years. They allow to non …

Numerical simulations of the flow in thoracic aortic aneurysms are carried out by using the
open-source tool SimVascular and considering patient-specific geometries, obtained …

Automated segmentation of three‐dimensional (3D) aortic magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) renders a possible retrospective selection of any location to perform quantification of …

Background Quantification of aortic morphology plays an important role in the evaluation
and follow‐up assessment of patients with aortic diseases, but often requires labor‐intensive …

Motivated by the evidence that the onset and progression of the aneurysm of the ascending
aorta (AAo) is intertwined with an adverse hemodynamic environment, the present study …

Purpose To develop and evaluate a method that can fully automatically identify the vessel
wall boundaries and quantify the wall thickness for both common carotid artery (CCA) and …