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Asadbeigi S, Ahmadi E, Goodarzi M, Sagharichian A. Analyzing and simulating heat transfer and designing a shell and tube heat exchanger for the pasteurization process of tomato paste: A CFD study. Heliyon 2023; 9:e21593. [PMID: 38027807 PMCID: PMC10661150 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2023] [Revised: 10/21/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Pasteurization is a vital process to destroy harmful enzymes. This process is very critical to obtain quality tomato paste. In this study, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has been used to design a shell and tube heat exchanger on an industrial scale and to simulate heat transfer in order to visualize this process and present it to the industry. In this research, a three-dimensional CFD model was simulated using ANSYS FLUENT commercial software. Also, using the Herschel-Bulkley model, the behavior of viscosity in the pasteurization process of tomato paste has been explained. In this stage of the production line, the tomato paste enters a shell and tube heat exchanger at 65 °C and reaches 80 °C at the outlet. Compared with the experimental data, the output temperature of tomato paste predicted by CFD simulation reached 79 °C. In addition, thermophysical properties of tomato paste were measured, and these exact values were used for simulation. Also, the evaluation of this heat exchanger with three hot water inlet mass flow rates has been done in order to provide the results to the factory to avoid spending more energy. And the simulation results showed that the output temperature of tomato paste at three different mass flow rates did not change less than the mass flow rates measured in the factory, and also the output visualizations from this research can be suitable for presenting to the industry and benefiting from them.
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- Sh. Asadbeigi
- Department of Biosystems Engineering, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran
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- Department of Biosystems Engineering, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran
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- Department of Biosystems Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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MacDonald DE, Cancelliere NM, Pereira VM, Steinman DA. Sensitivity of hostile hemodynamics to aneurysm geometry via unsupervised shape interpolation. Comput Methods Programs Biomed 2023; 241:107762. [PMID: 37598472 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2023.107762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2023] [Revised: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Vessel geometry and hemodynamics are intrinsically linked, whereby geometry determines hemodynamics, and hemodynamics influence vascular remodeling. Both have been used for testing clinical outcomes, but geometry/morphology generally has less uncertainty than hemodynamics derived from medical image-based computational fluid dynamics (CFD). To provide clinical utility, CFD-based hemodynamic parameters must be robust to modeling errors and/or uncertainties, but must also provide useful information not more-easily extracted from shape alone. The objective of this study was to methodically assess the response of hemodynamic parameters to gradual changes in shape created using an unsupervised 3D shape interpolation method. METHODS We trained the neural network NeuroMorph on 3 patient-derived intracranial aneurysm surfaces (labelled A, B, C), and then generated 3 distinct morph sequences (A→B, B→C, C→A) each containing 10 interpolated surfaces. From high-fidelity CFD simulation of these, we calculated a variety of common reduced hemodynamic parameters, including many previously associated with aneurysm rupture, and analyzed their responses to changes in shape, and their correlations. RESULTS The interpolated surfaces demonstrate complex, gradual changes in branch angles, vessel diameters, and aneurysm morphology. CFD simulation showed gradual changes in aneurysm jetting characteristics and wall-shear stress (WSS) patterns, but demonstrated a range of responses from the reduced hemodynamic parameters. Spatially and temporally averaged parameters including time-averaged WSS, time-averaged velocity, and low-shear area (LSA) showed low variation across all morph sequences, while parameters of flow complexity such as oscillatory shear, spectral broadening, and spectral bandedness indices showed high variation between slightly-altered neighboring surfaces. Correlation analysis revealed a great deal of mutual information with easier-to-measure shape-based parameters. CONCLUSIONS In the absence of large clinical datasets, unsupervised shape interpolation provides an ideal laboratory for exploring the delicate balance between robustness and sensitivity of nominal hemodynamic predictors of aneurysm rupture. Parameters like time-averaged WSS and LSA that are highly "robust" may, as a result, be effectively redundant to morphological predictors, whereas more sensitive parameters may be too uncertain for practical clinical use. Understanding these sensitivities may help identify parameters that are capable of providing added value to rupture risk assessment.
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- Daniel E MacDonald
- Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Rd, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G8, Canada
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- Department of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, 36 Queen St E, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada
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- Department of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, 36 Queen St E, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Rd, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G8, Canada.
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Nakano T, Kaneda H, Murakawa T. Stagnating blood flow related to thrombus formation in pulmonary vein stump after left upper lobectomy. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2023; 71:648-656. [PMID: 36939983 PMCID: PMC10587221 DOI: 10.1007/s11748-023-01926-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 03/21/2023]
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OBJECTIVES A thrombus can occur in the stump of the pulmonary vein after left upper lobectomy, potentially causing postoperative cerebral infarction. This study aimed to verify the hypothesis that stagnation of blood flow inside the pulmonary vein stump causes thrombus formation. METHODS The three-dimensional geometry of the pulmonary vein stump after left upper lobectomy was recreated using contrast-enhanced computed tomography. Blood flow velocity and wall shear stress (WSS) inside the pulmonary vein stump were analysed using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method and compared between the two groups (those with or without thrombus). RESULTS The volumes of average flow velocity per heartbeat < 10 mm/s, 3 mm/s, 1 mm/s (p-values 0.0096, 0.0016, 0.0014, respectively) and the volumes where flow velocity was always below the three cut-off values (p-values 0.019, 0.015, 0.017, respectively) were significantly larger in patients with a thrombus than in those without thrombus. The areas of average WSS per heartbeat < 0.1 Pa, 0.03 Pa, 0.01 Pa (p-values 0.0002, < 0.0001, 0.0002, respectively), and the areas where WSS was always below the three cut-off values (p-values 0.0088, 0.0041, 0.0014, respectively) were significantly larger in patients with thrombus than in those without thrombus. CONCLUSIONS The area of blood flow stagnation in the stump calculated by CFD method was significantly larger in patients with than in those without thrombus. This result elucidates that stagnation of blood flow promotes thrombus formation in the pulmonary vein stump in patients who undergo left upper lobectomy.
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- Takahito Nakano
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shin-Machi, Hirakata, Osaka, 573-1010, Japan.
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shin-Machi, Hirakata, Osaka, 573-1010, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shin-Machi, Hirakata, Osaka, 573-1010, Japan
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Che Y, Zhao J, Zhang X, Luo M, Cao X, Zheng L, Shu C. Hemodynamics of different configurations of the left subclavian artery parallel stent graft for thoracic endovascular aortic repair. Comput Methods Programs Biomed 2023; 241:107741. [PMID: 37544164 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2023.107741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/30/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Parallel (chimney and periscope) graft technique is an effective approach for left subclavian artery (LSA) reconstruction in patients treated by thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for the inadequate landing zone. However, certain stent graft (SG) configurations may promote thrombosis and reduce distal blood flow, increasing risks of cerebral infarction and reintervention. METHODS In this paper, we first attempt to systematically evaluate the hemodynamic performances of different parallel graft techniques as potential determinants of complication risks. Based on the patient-specific 3D aortic geometry undergoing parallel graft technique, fifteen models in total for five kinds of LSA branched SG configurations (Forward, Backward, Extended, Elliptical and Periscopic) were designed virtually, and the hemodynamic discrepancies between them were analyzed by computational fluid dynamics. RESULTS Results show that flow rate of patients undergoing periscope technique reduces by half compared with chimney technique, suggesting that periscope SG may cause more serious flow obstruction to LSA, leading to stroke. For chimney stent structure, the extension length 0has little influence on energy loss and other parameters. Conversely, hemodynamic differences between the retrograde curvature and the antegrade curvature are significant (time average WSS: 47.07%), so the retrograde curvature might prompt SG displacement. Furthermore, the flatter chimney SG induces more aggressive hemodynamic forces, among which the difference of the maximum WSS between the flatter SG and nearly round SG reaches 65.56%, leading to the greater risk of vascular wall damage. CONCLUSIONS Results obtained might provide suggestions for physicians to formulate appropriate parallel graft technique schemes in TEVAR.
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- Yue Che
- School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 10083, China.
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China; Department of Vascular Surgery, Fuwai Yunnan Cardiovascular Hospital, Affiliated Cardiovascular Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650102, China.
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China; Department of Vascular Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Number 139, Renmin Road, Changsha 410011, China.
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Guo S, Yu W, Zhao H, Lai C, Bian S, Jin P, Liang S, Yuan S, Huang L, Wang S, Duan H, Wang F, Yang J. Numerical simulation to optimize passive aeration strategy for semi-aerobic landfill. Waste Manag 2023; 171:676-685. [PMID: 37866111 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
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Passive aeration has been proven to be efficient for oxygen supply in landfill. The combination of passive aeration and semi-aerobic landfill offers a cost-effective and energy-efficient approach to solid waste (SW) treatment. However, determining the optimal strategy for this combination has remained unclear. This study aimed to investigate the strategy of passive aeration in a semi-aerobic landfill using numerical simulation methods. A model coupled hydrodynamic model and compartment model for degradation of SW was implemented. The accuracy was well validated by comparing measured and simulated results in a pilot-scale landfill. Compared with natural convection, passive aeration by funnel caps could increase air input by 20 %. By simulating volumetric fraction distribution of CO2, CH4 and O2 in landfill, an orthogonal experiment including 4 factors was designed to identify that the diameter of tubes (DT), the spacing between tubes (ST) and the landfill depth (LD) have substantial impacts on aerobic zone ratio (AZR) of landfill. But the diameter of gas ports (DGP) has an indiscernible effect. The optimized factors were determined to be as follows: DT = 0.3 m, ST = 15.0 m, DGP = 0.05 m, and LD = 4.0 m, under which the semi-aerobic landfill could enhance SW degradation. Large diameter and spacing of tubes are favorable to improve the AZR at the top of the landfill, and the aerobic zone mainly exists near the ventilation tubes. These findings contribute to the development of more efficient and sustainable solid waste treatment strategies in semi-aerobic landfill.
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- Shuai Guo
- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China; Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment, Disposal and Recycle Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China; Hubei Provincial Research Center of Water Quality Safety and Water Pollution Control Engineering Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China.
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China; Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment, Disposal and Recycle Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China; Hubei Provincial Research Center of Water Quality Safety and Water Pollution Control Engineering Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China; Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment, Disposal and Recycle Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China; Hubei Provincial Research Center of Water Quality Safety and Water Pollution Control Engineering Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China; Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment, Disposal and Recycle Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China; Hubei Provincial Research Center of Water Quality Safety and Water Pollution Control Engineering Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China; Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment, Disposal and Recycle Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China; Hubei Provincial Research Center of Water Quality Safety and Water Pollution Control Engineering Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China; Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment, Disposal and Recycle Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China; Hubei Provincial Research Center of Water Quality Safety and Water Pollution Control Engineering Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China; Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment, Disposal and Recycle Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China; Hubei Provincial Research Center of Water Quality Safety and Water Pollution Control Engineering Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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Hou Q, Wu W, Fang L, Zhang X, Sun C, Ji L, Yang M, Lei Z, Gao F, Wang J, Xie M, Chen S. Patient-specific computational fluid dynamics for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Int J Cardiol 2023; 389:131263. [PMID: 37574025 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2023.131263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Revised: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND The heterogeneous morphologic and functional expression of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) is evidenced by established imaging, multimodality imaging is essential for a comprehensive assessment but may remain uncertain. This study aimed to develop a patient-specific hemodynamics assessment with cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and prove its usability in cohorts of HOCM patients. METHODS A retrospective study was performed on eight HOCM patients with septal myectomy who had both preoperative and postoperative CCTA as well as transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). The three-dimensional models were reconstructed from CCTA data, following which patient-specific CFD simulations were performed to estimate the blood velocity, pressure gradient, and wall shear stress. The simulation output was compared with TTE. Based on CFD simulations, retrospective and blinded virtual myectomy was also performed, to predict the minimum resected volume for improving obstruction in patients. RESULT The complex HOCM anatomy was successfully reconstructed for all 8 patients. The CFD simulation accurately assessed the pressure gradient, flow velocity. There was a good correlation between the peak pressure gradient measured by CFD and TTE in the pre- and post-operative assessments (r = 0.87 and 0.84, respectively), and the flow velocity (r = 0.87 and 0.90, respectively). The volumes of minimal resection myocardium predicted by CFD and virtual myectomy were consistent with the actual resection volumes. CONCLUSION CCTA-based CFD for HOCM patients may play a unique role in the assessment of patient-specific morphology and hemodynamics. Combination with virtual myectomy might allow for optimizing therapy planning in septal myectomy. CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE CFD based CCTA may emerge as a complement to established imaging strategies, with accurate three-dimensional reconstruction and hemodynamic simulation of the left ventricle in this retrospective study. Combined with virtual myectomy, CFD simulation might allow for predicting the volume of resected myocardium for septal myectomy. Moving forward, this technology may be used by clinicians to better assess the conditions of HOCM patients, and guide the extent and depth of resection during septal myectomy. Therefore, further prospective clinical evaluation is clearly warranted.
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- Quanfei Hou
- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Hubei Province Clinical Research Center for Medical Imaging, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Hubei Province Clinical Research Center for Medical Imaging, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Hubei Province Clinical Research Center for Medical Imaging, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Hubei Province Clinical Research Center for Medical Imaging, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Hubei Province Clinical Research Center for Medical Imaging, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Hubei Province Clinical Research Center for Medical Imaging, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Province Clinical Research Center for Medical Imaging, Wuhan, China; Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Province Clinical Research Center for Medical Imaging, Wuhan, China; Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Simulation Science and Technology, Boea Wisdom (Hangzhou) Network Technology Co., Ltd, Hangzhou 310000, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Hubei Province Clinical Research Center for Medical Imaging, Wuhan, China.
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- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Hubei Province Clinical Research Center for Medical Imaging, Wuhan, China.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
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Poon EKW, Wu X, Dijkstra J, O'Leary N, Torii R, Reiber JHC, Bourantas CV, Barlis P, Onuma Y, Serruys PW. Angiography and optical coherence tomography derived shear stress: are they equivalent in my opinion? Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2023; 39:1953-1961. [PMID: 37733283 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-023-02949-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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Advances in image reconstruction using either single or multimodality imaging data provide increasingly accurate three-dimensional (3D) patient's arterial models for shear stress evaluation using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). We aim to evaluate the impacts on endothelial shear stress (ESS) derived from a simple image reconstruction using 3D-quantitative coronary angiography (3D-QCA) versus a multimodality reconstruction method using optical coherence tomography (OCT) in patients' vessels treated with bioresorbable scaffolds. Seven vessels at baseline and five-year follow-up of seven patients from a previous CFD investigation were retrospectively selected for a head-to-head comparison of angiography-derived versus OCT-derived ESS. 3D-QCA significantly underestimated the minimum stent area [MSA] (-2.38mm2) and the stent length (-1.46 mm) compared to OCT-fusion method reconstructions. After carefully co-registering the region of interest for all cases with a sophisticated statistical method, the difference in MSA measurements as well as the inability of angiography to visualise the strut footprint in the lumen surface have translated to higher angiography-derived ESS than OCT-derived ESS (1.76 Pa or 1.52 times for the overlapping segment). The difference in ESS widened with a more restricted region of interest (1.97 Pa or 1.63 times within the scaffold segment). Angiography and OCT offer two distinctive methods of ESS calculation. Angiography-derived ESS tends to overestimate the ESS compared to OCT-derived ESS. Further investigations into ESS analysis resolution play a vital role in adopting OCT-derived ESS.
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- Eric K W Poon
- Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Device and Innovation Centre, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, London, UK
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- Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
- Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- CÚRAM, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, Galway, Ireland.
- School of Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
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Menon K, Seo J, Fukazawa R, Ogawa S, Kahn AM, Burns JC, Marsden AL. Predictors of Myocardial Ischemia in Patients with Kawasaki Disease: Insights from Patient-Specific Simulations of Coronary Hemodynamics. J Cardiovasc Transl Res 2023; 16:1099-1109. [PMID: 36939959 DOI: 10.1007/s12265-023-10374-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 03/21/2023]
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Current treatments for patients with coronary aneurysms caused by Kawasaki disease (KD) are based primarily on aneurysm size. This ignores hemodynamic factors influencing myocardial ischemic risk. We performed patient-specific computational hemodynamics simulations for 15 KD patients, with parameters tuned to patients' arterial pressure and cardiac function. Ischemic risk was evaluated in 153 coronary arteries from simulated fractional flow reserve (FFR), wall shear stress, and residence time. FFR correlated weakly with aneurysm [Formula: see text]-scores (correlation coefficient, [Formula: see text]) but correlated better with the ratio of maximum-to-minimum aneurysmal lumen diameter ([Formula: see text]). FFR dropped more rapidly distal to aneurysms, and this correlated more with the lumen diameter ratio ([Formula: see text]) than [Formula: see text]-score ([Formula: see text]). Wall shear stress correlated better with the diameter ratio ([Formula: see text]), while residence time correlated more with [Formula: see text]-score ([Formula: see text]). Overall, the maximum-to-minimum diameter ratio predicted ischemic risk better than [Formula: see text]-score. Although FFR immediately distal to aneurysms was nonsignificant, its rapid rate of decrease suggests elevated risk.
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- Karthik Menon
- Department of Pediatrics (Cardiology), Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics (Cardiology), Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
- Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Sun X, Xia G, You W, Jia X, Manickam S, Tao Y, Zhao S, Yoon JY, Xuan X. Effect of the arrangement of cavitation generation unit on the performance of an advanced rotational hydrodynamic cavitation reactor. Ultrason Sonochem 2023; 99:106544. [PMID: 37544171 PMCID: PMC10432248 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2023.106544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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Hydrodynamic cavitation (HC) is widely considered a promising process intensification technology. The novel advanced rotational hydrodynamic cavitation reactors (ARHCRs), with considerably higher performance compared with traditional devices, have gained increasing attention of academic and industrial communities. The cavitation generation unit (CGU), located on the rotor and/or stator of an ARHCR, is utilized to generate cavitation and consequently, its geometrical structure is vital for the performance. The present work studied, for the first time, the effect of the arrangement of CGU on the performance of a representative ARHCR by employing computational fluid dynamics based on the "simplified flow field" strategy. The effect of CGU arrangement, which was neglected in the past, was evaluated: radial offset distance (c), intersection angle (ω), number of rows (N), circumferential offset angle (γ), and radial spacing (r). The results indicate that the CGU, with an arrangement of a low ω and moderate c, N, γ, and r, performed the highest cavitation efficiency. The corresponding reasons were analyzed by combining the flow field and cavitation pattern. Moreover, the results also exposed a weakness of the "simplified flow field" strategy which may induce the unfavorable "sidewall effect" and cause false high-pressure region. The findings of this work may provide a reference value to the design of ARHCRs.
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- Xun Sun
- Key Laboratory of High Efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture of Ministry of Education, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China; National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanical Engineering Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China.
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- Key Laboratory of High Efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture of Ministry of Education, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China; National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanical Engineering Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
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- Key Laboratory of High Efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture of Ministry of Education, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China; National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanical Engineering Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
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- Key Laboratory of Fluid Transmission Technology of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, BK21 FOUR ERICA-ACE Center, Hanyang University, Ansan 15588, Republic of Korea
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- Key Laboratory of High Efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture of Ministry of Education, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China; National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanical Engineering Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
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Xu Y, Li H, Sun N, Yao B, Dai W, Wang J, Si S, Liu S, Jiang L. Dry Powder Formulations for Inhalation Require a Smaller Aerodynamic Diameter for Usage at High Altitude. J Pharm Sci 2023; 112:2655-2666. [PMID: 37595750 DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2023.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Revised: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) seriously threatens the health of people at high altitudes. There are drug treatments for HAPE, and dry powder formulations (DPFs) represent a rapid and accessible delivery vehicle for these drugs. However, there are presently no reports on the inhalability of DPFs in low-pressure environments. Given the reduced atmospheric pressure typical at high altitudes, conventional DPFs might not be suitable for inhalation. Therefore, it is necessary to elucidate the deposition behaviors of dry powder in the respiratory tract at low pressure, as well as to improve their pulmonary deposition efficiency via adjustments to their formulation and design. METHODS The effect of air pressure, inspiratory velocity, and particle properties (such as size, density, and aerodynamic diameter) on pulmonary deposition of DPFs was calculated by a computational fluid dynamics (CFD)-coupled discrete phase model. DPFs of various aerodynamic diameters were prepared by spray drying, and the inhalability of these DPFs in a low-pressure environment was evaluated in mice. Finally, a mouse model of HAPE was established, and the treatment of HAPE by nifedipine-loaded DPFs with small aerodynamic diameter was validated. RESULTS CFD results showed that low pressure decreased the deposition of DPFs in the lungs. At 0.5 standard atmosphere, DPFs with aerodynamic diameter of ∼2.0 μm could not enter the lower respiratory tract; however, a decrease in the physical diameter, density, and, consequently, the aerodynamic diameter of the DPFs was able to enhance pulmonary deposition of these powders. To validate the CFD results, three kinds of dry powder with aerodynamic diameters of 0.66, 0.98, and 2.00 μm were prepared by spray drying. Powders with smaller aerodynamic diameter could be inhaled into the lungs of mice more effectively, and, consequently could ameliorate the progression of HAPE more effectively than conventional powders. These results were consistent with the CFD results. CONCLUSIONS Low atmospheric pressure can prevent the pulmonary deposition of DPFs at high altitudes. Compared with conventional DPFs, powders with smaller aerodynamic diameter can be effectively inhaled at these pressures and thus might be more suitable for the treatment the HAPE.
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- School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221009, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221009, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221009, China; The Affiliated Lianyungang Oriental Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Lianyungang 222042, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221009, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221009, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221009, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221009, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221009, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221009, China.
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Schoenborn S, Lorenz T, Kuo K, Fletcher DF, Woodruff MA, Pirola S, Allenby MC. Fluid-structure interactions of peripheral arteries using a coupled in silico and in vitro approach. Comput Biol Med 2023; 165:107474. [PMID: 37703711 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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Vascular compliance is considered both a cause and a consequence of cardiovascular disease and a significant factor in the mid- and long-term patency of vascular grafts. However, the biomechanical effects of localised changes in compliance cannot be satisfactorily studied with the available medical imaging technologies or surgical simulation materials. To address this unmet need, we developed a coupled silico-vitro platform which allows for the validation of numerical fluid-structure interaction results as a numerical model and physical prototype. This numerical one-way and two-way fluid-structure interaction study is based on a three-dimensional computer model of an idealised femoral artery which is validated against patient measurements derived from the literature. The numerical results are then compared with experimental values collected from compliant arterial phantoms via direct pressurisation and ring tensile testing. Phantoms within a compliance range of 1.4-68.0%/100 mmHg were fabricated via additive manufacturing and silicone casting, then mechanically characterised via ring tensile testing and optical analysis under direct pressurisation with moderately statistically significant differences in measured compliance ranging between 10 and 20% for the two methods. One-way fluid-structure interaction coupling underestimated arterial wall compliance by up to 14.7% compared with two-way coupled models. Overall, Solaris™ (Smooth-On) matched the compliance range of the numerical and in vivo patient models most closely out of the tested silicone materials. Our approach is promising for vascular applications where mechanical compliance is especially important, such as the study of diseases which commonly affect arterial wall stiffness, such as atherosclerosis, and the model-based design, surgical training, and optimisation of vascular prostheses.
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- S Schoenborn
- BioMimetic Systems Engineering (BMSE) Lab, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland (UQ), St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia; Biofabrication and Tissue Morphology (BTM) Group, Faculty of Engineering, Centre for Biomedical Technologies, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Kelvin Grove, QLD, 4059, Australia
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- Institute of Textile Technology, RWTH Aachen University, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Textile Technology, RWTH Aachen University, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Darlington, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Biofabrication and Tissue Morphology (BTM) Group, Faculty of Engineering, Centre for Biomedical Technologies, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Kelvin Grove, QLD, 4059, Australia
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- BHF Centre of Research Excellence, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom; Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (3me), Delft University of Technology (TUD), Delft, the Netherlands
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- BioMimetic Systems Engineering (BMSE) Lab, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland (UQ), St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia; Biofabrication and Tissue Morphology (BTM) Group, Faculty of Engineering, Centre for Biomedical Technologies, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Kelvin Grove, QLD, 4059, Australia.
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Tang X, Dai N, Zhang B, Cai H, Huo Y, Yang M, Jiang Y, Duan S, Shen J, Zhu M, Xu Y, Ge J. Comparison of 2D-QCA, 3D-QCA and coronary angiography derived FFR in predicting myocardial ischemia assessed by CZT-SPECT MPI. J Nucl Cardiol 2023; 30:1973-1982. [PMID: 36929293 DOI: 10.1007/s12350-023-03240-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Angiography derived fractional flow reserve (angio-FFR) has been proposed. This study aimed to assess its diagnostic performance with cadmium-zinc-telluride single emission computed tomography (CZT-SPECT) as reference. METHODS AND RESULTS Patients underwent CZT-SPECT within 3 months of coronary angiography were included. Angio-FFR computation was performed using computational fluid dynamics. Percent diameter (%DS) and area stenosis (%AS) were measured by quantitative coronary angiography. Myocardial ischemia was defined as a summed difference score ≥ 2 in a vascular territory. Angio-FFR ≤ 0.80 was considered abnormal. 282 coronary arteries in 131 patients were analyzed. Overall accuracy of angio-FFR to detect ischemia on CZT-SPECT was 90.43%, with a sensitivity of 62.50% and a specificity of 98.62%. The diagnostic performance (= area under ROC = AUC) of angio-FFR [AUC = 0.91, 95% confidence intervals (CI) 0.86-0.95] was similar as those of %DS (AUC = 0.88, 95% CI 0.84-0.93, p = 0.326) and %AS (AUC = 0.88, 95% CI 0.84-0.93 p = 0.241) by 3D-QCA, but significantly higher than those of %DS (AUC = 0.59, 95% CI 0.51-0.67, p < 0.001) and %AS (AUC = 0.59, 95% CI 0.51-0.67, p < 0.001) by 2D-QCA. However, in vessels with 50-70% stenoses, AUC of angio-FFR was significantly higher than those of %DS (0.80 vs. 0.47, p < 0.001) and %AS (0.80 vs. 0.46, p < 0.001) by 3D-QCA and %DS (0.80 vs. 0.66, p = 0.036) and %AS (0.80 vs. 0.66, p = 0.034) by 2D-QCA. CONCLUSION Angio-FFR had a high accuracy in predicting myocardial ischemia assessed by CZT-SPECT, which is similar as 3D-QCA but significantly higher than 2D-QCA. While in intermediate lesions, angio-FFR is better than 3D-QCA and 2D-QCA in assessing myocardial ischemia.
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- Xianglin Tang
- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Fenglin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, 200032, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Fenglin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, 200032, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Cardiology Department, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, 301 Yanchang Road, Shanghai, 200072, China
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- Cardiology Department, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, 301 Yanchang Road, Shanghai, 200072, China
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- Cardiology Department, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, 301 Yanchang Road, Shanghai, 200072, China.
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Fenglin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, 200032, China.
- National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine, Shanghai, China.
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Decroocq M, Frindel C, Rougé P, Ohta M, Lavoué G. Modeling and hexahedral meshing of cerebral arterial networks from centerlines. Med Image Anal 2023; 89:102912. [PMID: 37549612 DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2023.102912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Revised: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation provides valuable information on blood flow from the vascular geometry. However, it requires extracting precise models of arteries from low-resolution medical images, which remains challenging. Centerline-based representation is widely used to model large vascular networks with small vessels, as it encodes both the geometric and topological information and facilitates manual editing. In this work, we propose an automatic method to generate a structured hexahedral mesh suitable for CFD directly from centerlines. We addressed both the modeling and meshing tasks. We proposed a vessel model based on penalized splines to overcome the limitations inherent to the centerline representation, such as noise and sparsity. The bifurcations are reconstructed using a parametric model based on the anatomy that we extended to planar n-furcations. Finally, we developed a method to produce a volume mesh with structured, hexahedral, and flow-oriented cells from the proposed vascular network model. The proposed method offers better robustness to the common defects of centerlines and increases the mesh quality compared to state-of-the-art methods. As it relies on centerlines alone, it can be applied to edit the vascular model effortlessly to study the impact of vascular geometry and topology on hemodynamics. We demonstrate the efficiency of our method by entirely meshing a dataset of 60 cerebral vascular networks. 92% of the vessels and 83% of the bifurcations were meshed without defects needing manual intervention, despite the challenging aspect of the input data. The source code is released publicly.
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- Méghane Decroocq
- CREATIS, Université Lyon1, CNRS UMR5220, INSERM U1206, INSA-Lyon, 69621 Villeurbanne, France; LIRIS, CNRS UMR 5205, F-69621, France; ELyTMaX IRL3757, CNRS, INSA Lyon, Centrale Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Tohoku University, 980-8577, Sendai, Japan; Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan; Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6 Aramaki-aza-aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan
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- CREATIS, Université Lyon1, CNRS UMR5220, INSERM U1206, INSA-Lyon, 69621 Villeurbanne, France; Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan.
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- ELyTMaX IRL3757, CNRS, INSA Lyon, Centrale Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Tohoku University, 980-8577, Sendai, Japan; Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, CReSTIC, 51100 Reims, France
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- ELyTMaX IRL3757, CNRS, INSA Lyon, Centrale Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Tohoku University, 980-8577, Sendai, Japan; Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan
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- LIRIS, CNRS UMR 5205, F-69621, France; Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France
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Decke J, Wünsch O, Sick B. Dataset of a parameterized U-bend flow for deep learning applications. Data Brief 2023; 50:109477. [PMID: 37645446 PMCID: PMC10460948 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023] Open
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This dataset contains 10,000 fluid flow and heat transfer simulations in U-bend shapes. Each of them is described by 28 design parameters, which are processed with the help of Computational Fluid Dynamics methods. The dataset provides a comprehensive benchmark for investigating various problems and methods from the field of design optimization. For these investigations supervised, semi-supervised and unsupervised deep learning approaches can be employed. One unique feature of this dataset is that each shape can be represented by three distinct data types including design parameter and objective combinations, five different resolutions of 2D images from the geometry and the solution variables of the numerical simulation, as well as a representation using the cell values of the numerical mesh. This third representation enables considering the specific data structure of numerical simulations for deep learning approaches. The source code and the container used to generate the data are published as part of this work.
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- Jens Decke
- Intelligent Embedded Systems, University of Kassel, Wilhelmshöher Allee 73, Kassel D-34121, Germany
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- Fluid Dynamics, University of Kassel, Mönchebergstraße 7, Kassel D-34125, Germany
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- Intelligent Embedded Systems, University of Kassel, Wilhelmshöher Allee 73, Kassel D-34121, Germany
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Luan J, Qiao Y, Mao L, Fan J, Zhu T, Luo K. The role of aorta distal to stent in the occurrence of distal stent graft-induced new entry tear: A computational fluid dynamics and morphological study. Comput Biol Med 2023; 166:107554. [PMID: 37839217 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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Distal stent graft-induced new entry tear (dSINE) is an important complication of thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for the treatment of type B aortic dissection (TBAD). This study aims to explore whether the aorta distal to the stent plays an important role in the occurrence of dSINE. Sixty-nine patient-specific geometrical models of twenty-three enrolled patients were reconstructed from preoperative, postoperative, and predSINE computed tomography scans. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations were performed to calculate the von Mises stress in the CFD group. Meanwhile, morphological measurements were performed in all patients, including measurements of the inverted pyramid index at different follow-up time points and the postoperative true lumen volume change rate. In the CFD study, the time-averaged von Mises stress of the true lumen distal to the stent in dSINE patients was significantly higher than that in the CFD controls (20.42 kPa vs. 15.47 kPa). In the morphological study, a special aortic plane (plane A) with an extremely small area distal to the stent was observed in dSINE patients, which resulted in an inverted pyramid structure in the true lumen distal to the stent. This structure in dSINE patients became increasingly obvious during the follow-up period and finally reached the maximum value before dSINE occurred (mean, 3.91 vs. 1.23). At the same time, enlargement of the true lumen distal to the stent occurs before dSINE, manifesting as a continuous increase in the true lumen volume (mean, 0.70 vs. 013). A new theory of what causes dSINE to occur has been proposed: the inverted pyramid structure of the true lumen distal to the stent caused an increase in the von Mises stress in this region and aortic enlargement, which ultimately led to the occurrence of dSINE.
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- Jingyang Luan
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; Shanghai Institute for Advanced Study of Zhejiang University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; Shanghai Institute for Advanced Study of Zhejiang University, Shanghai, China.
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Miguel C, Sangani A, Wiener S. Exploring ureteroscope design with computational fluid dynamics for improved intra-pelvic pressure. Urolithiasis 2023; 51:112. [PMID: 37707563 DOI: 10.1007/s00240-023-01484-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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High intra-pelvic pressure (IPP) during ureteroscopy can lead to complications including pyelovenous backflow, bleeding, and infection. Our primary goal was to identify the best cross-section and orientation of a ureteroscope within a Ureteral Access Sheath (UAS) to minimize IPP and maximize outflow. Our secondary goal was to validate our findings with a UAS prototype. To determine the optimal ureteroscope cross-section within a UAS, four ureteroscopes of equivalent cross-sectional area were simulated within a 10 Fr UAS using computational fluid dynamics software COMSOL. We then created a corresponding prototype by securing a 3-0 monofilament suture at the inferior aspect of the 12 Fr outer UAS, inducing an offset to the ureteroscope. Mean flow volumes through a 10/12 Fr UAS occupied by a 9.5-Fr single-use flexible ureteroscope were compared (17 iterations) to those through our prototype UAS. During the simulation, the lowest IPP and highest outflow were seen with an offset circular ureteroscope (41% resistance) compared to a ureteroscope centered in the UAS. The unmodified UAS had an average volume of 30.0 mL/min (SD ± 0.35) compared to 33.76 mL/min (SD ± 0.90) for the modified UAS (p < 0.05). We found that using a circular ureteroscope positioned along the sidewall maximizes outflow through a circular UAS. We made a prototype UAS to offset the ureteroscope and observed a 12.5% increase in outflow. This approach can potentially decrease IPP during ureteroscopy without impacting inflow or the working channel. Although modifying a ureteroscope is more difficult, it could create an offset without reducing UAS cross-section.
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- Carla Miguel
- Department of Urology, Upstate University Hospital, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA
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- Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, 223 Link Hall, Syracuse, Syracuse, NY, 13244, USA
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- Department of Urology, Upstate University Hospital, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA.
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Li J, Ma J, Dong J, Yang W, Tu J, Tian L. Total and regional microfiber transport characterization in a 15th - Generation human respiratory airway. Comput Biol Med 2023; 163:107180. [PMID: 37343470 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2022] [Revised: 06/10/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023]
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Fiber transport and deposition in the complete respiratory airway is of great significance for human health risk assessment. Thus far, the literature has mainly focused on limited branches of the upper airway and assumes spherical particles by neglecting fiber anisotropy. To fill the gap, this paper utilized an extended realistic respiratory airway from the nasal cavity to the distal bronchial tracts, up to the 15th generation. Fibers with aerodynamic diameters from 2 to 12 μm and aspect ratios of 1, 10, and 50 were released at the inlet of the respiratory airway model, and the coupled translational and rotational motion were computed. Overall and regional fiber deposition fractions, including the nasal cavities, laryngeal airway, and lungs were predicted and compared with earlier numerical results. The study also investigated: 1) secondary flow and distributions of the fibers at the lower respiratory airway entrance; 2) upstream conditions toward fiber deposition efficiencies; 3) fiber deposition patterns and detailed deposition fractions in the five lobes. Utilizing the realistic fiber transport model, the current study found that the upstream airway geometry and the flow condition have a significant impact on the fiber transport and deposition in the downstream airway regions. The fiber depositions in the lower and middle lobes are sensitive to the fiber aerodynamic diameter, but insensitive in the upper lobes. This study expects to generate innovative knowledge on the unique fiber motion characteristics toward potential inhalation health risks.
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- Jiang Li
- School of Engineering - Mechanical and Automotive, RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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- Fusetec 3D Pty Ltd, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
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- School of Engineering - Mechanical and Automotive, RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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- Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- School of Engineering - Mechanical and Automotive, RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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- School of Engineering - Mechanical and Automotive, RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia.
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Jiang L, Han H, Yang J, Fang R, Xin Y, Chen Q, Yao J, Li Z. Do the stent blind insertion into the main portal vein (MPV) and stent diameter influence the surgical outcome of the transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)? Comput Biol Med 2023; 164:107306. [PMID: 37542920 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 06/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/07/2023]
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Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) surgery is a clinical intervention to treat portal hypertension (PH) by deploying a covered stent to establish a shunt path for the portal vein (PV) system, and proper surgical strategy is of great importance to balance the shunt effect and the risk of complications. To understand the clinical strategies of the stent blind insertion and stent selection in clinic, this study investigated the effects of varying stent insertion positions and diameters on the PV hemodynamics and the shunt effect by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of five post-TIPS subjects. The results showed that the successful TIPS surgeries of the five PH subjects were confirmed by quantifying their pressure drops. The stent insertion positions at the main portal vein (MPV) slightly affected the clinically concerned hemodynamic indexes (i.e., MPV pressure, stent-outlet velocity) and the shunt index (SI). This indicated that the position of the stent going into the MPV may not need to be deliberately selected. Moreover, the covered stents with 6 mm and 8 mm diameters slightly influenced the hemodynamics as well, but the large-diameter stent better improved the shunt effect compared to the small-diameter one. Despite this, the 6 mm stent was suggested thanks to the higher risk of the hepatic encephalopathy (HE) observed in clinic, which indicated the excessive shunt of the 8 mm stent. The current work revealed the effects of different TIPS strategies on the surgical outcome, and could be useful for potential clinical practices.
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- Lingyu Jiang
- Biomechanics Laboratory, School of Biological Science & Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China; Medical Imaging Center, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China; Medical Imaging Center, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Biomechanics Laboratory, School of Biological Science & Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China; Medical Imaging Center, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Biomechanics Laboratory, School of Biological Science & Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China.
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- Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China; Medical Imaging Center, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
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- Biomechanics Laboratory, School of Biological Science & Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China; School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD4001, Australia; Faculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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Shen L, Wu Q, Ye Q, Lin H, Zhang J, Chen C, Yue R, Teng J, Hong H, Liao BQ. Superior performance of a membrane bioreactor through innovative in-situ aeration and structural optimization using computational fluid dynamics. Water Res 2023; 243:120353. [PMID: 37482001 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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The optimization of membrane bioreactors (MBRs) involves a critical challenge in structural design for mitigation of membrane fouling. To address this issue, a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was utilized in this study to simulate the hydrodynamic characteristics of a flat sheet (FS) MBR. The optimization of the membrane module configuration and operating conditions was performed by investigating key parameters that altered the shear stress and liquid velocity. The mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) concentration was found to increase the shear stress, leading to a more uniform distribution of shear stress. By optimizing the appropriate bubble diameter to 5 mm, the shear stress on the membrane surface was optimized with relatively uniform distribution. Additionally, extending the side baffle length dramatically improved the uniformity of the shear stress distribution on each membrane. A novel in-situ aeration method was also discovered to promote turbulent kinetic energy by 200 times compared with traditional aeration modes, leading to a more uniform bubble streamline. As a result, the novel in-situ aeration method demonstrated superior membrane antifouling potential in the MBR. This work provides a new approach for the structural design and optimization of MBRs. The innovative combination of the CFD model, optimization techniques, and novel in-situ aeration method has provided a substantial contribution to the advancement of membrane separation technology in wastewater treatment.
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- Liguo Shen
- College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, PR China; Key Laboratory of Watershed Earth Surface Processes and Ecological Security, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, PR China
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- College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, PR China; Key Laboratory of Watershed Earth Surface Processes and Ecological Security, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, PR China
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- College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, PR China; Key Laboratory of Watershed Earth Surface Processes and Ecological Security, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, PR China
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- College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, PR China; Key Laboratory of Watershed Earth Surface Processes and Ecological Security, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, PR China.
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- College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, PR China; Key Laboratory of Watershed Earth Surface Processes and Ecological Security, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, PR China.
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- College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, PR China; Key Laboratory of Watershed Earth Surface Processes and Ecological Security, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, PR China
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- College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, PR China; Key Laboratory of Watershed Earth Surface Processes and Ecological Security, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, PR China
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- College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, PR China; Key Laboratory of Watershed Earth Surface Processes and Ecological Security, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, PR China
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- College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, PR China; Key Laboratory of Watershed Earth Surface Processes and Ecological Security, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, PR China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1, Canada
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Chatpattanasiri C, Franzetti G, Bonfanti M, Diaz-Zuccarini V, Balabani S. Towards Reduced Order Models via Robust Proper Orthogonal Decomposition to capture personalised aortic haemodynamics. J Biomech 2023; 158:111759. [PMID: 37657234 PMCID: PMC7615718 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2023.111759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/03/2023]
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Data driven, reduced order modelling has shown promise in tackling the challenges associated with computational and experimental haemodynamic models. In this work, we focus on the use of Reduced Order Models (ROMs) to reconstruct velocity fields in a patient-specific dissected aorta, with the objective being to compare the ROMs obtained from Robust Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (RPOD) to those obtained from the traditional Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD). POD and RPOD are applied to in vitro, haemodynamic data acquired by Particle Image Velocimetry and compare the decomposed flows to those derived from Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) data for the same geometry and flow conditions. In this work, PIV and CFD results act as surrogates for clinical haemodynamic data e.g. MR, helping to demonstrate the potential use of ROMS in real clinical scenarios. The flow is reconstructed using different numbers of POD modes and the flow features obtained throughout the cardiac cycle are compared to the original Full Order Models (FOMs). Robust Principal Component Analysis (RPCA), the first step of RPOD, has been found to enhance the quality of PIV data, allowing POD to capture most of the kinetic energy of the flow in just two modes similar to the numerical data that are free from measurement noise. The reconstruction errors differ along the cardiac cycle with diastolic flows requiring more modes for accurate reconstruction. In general, modes 1-10 are found sufficient to represent the flow field. The results demonstrate that the coherent structures that characterise this aortic dissection flow are described by the first few POD modes suggesting that it is possible to represent the macroscale behaviour of aortic flow in a low-dimensional space; thus significantly simplifying the problem, and allowing for more computationally efficient flow simulations or machine learning based flow predictions that can pave the way for translation of such models to the clinic.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK; Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences (WEISS), Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK.
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Singh S, Suman S, Mitra S, Kumar M. Optimization of a novel trapezoidal staggered ribs configuration for enhancement of a solar air heater performance using CFD. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023; 30:93582-93601. [PMID: 37507561 PMCID: PMC10468433 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28978-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
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A novel transverse trapezoidal staggered ribs configuration as artificial roughness is investigated using CFD to understand the fluid flow and heat transfer behaviors for improving the performance of a solar air heater. In addition, experimental validation of Nusselt numbers for smooth duct against CFD results is established. The staggered ribs arrangement outperforms the continuous ribs and insights obtained from the thermal-fluid flow behaviors are further applied to optimize the staggered arrangements of the rib. Reynolds number Re is varied from 5000 to 24,000, and rib parameters are optimized with a special focus on understanding the effects of discontinuous rib width (w) and gap width (g). Two widely studied shapes of rib, namely, cylindrical and rectangular, are also investigated for the transverse staggered arrangement with the same optimized parameters for the comparison of thermo-hydraulic performances. Trapezoidal ribs having discontinuous rib width of 50 mm and gap width of 10 mm give the maximum thermo-hydraulic performance of 1.57 at Reynolds number of 5000. The optimized staggered trapezoidal ribs outperform the staggered cylindrical and rectangular ribs. However, staggered rectangular ribs give the highest increase in the Nusselt number and these may be preferred for application when pressure drop is not of concern.
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- Sarvapriya Singh
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shiv Nadar Institute of Eminence, Tehsil Dadri, Uttar Pradesh, 201314, India
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- Centre for Nuclear Safety, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, 02150, Espoo, Finland.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shiv Nadar Institute of Eminence, Tehsil Dadri, Uttar Pradesh, 201314, India
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, 302017, India
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Zhang X, Mao B, Che Y, Kang J, Luo M, Qiao A, Liu Y, Anzai H, Ohta M, Guo Y, Li G. Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) for 4D hemodynamics prediction: An investigation of optimal framework based on vascular morphology. Comput Biol Med 2023; 164:107287. [PMID: 37536096 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Revised: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
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Hemodynamic parameters are of great significance in the clinical diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. However, noninvasive, real-time and accurate acquisition of hemodynamics remains a challenge for current invasive detection and simulation algorithms. Here, we integrate computational fluid dynamics with our customized analysis framework based on a multi-attribute point cloud dataset and physics-informed neural networks (PINNs)-aided deep learning modules. This combination is implemented by our workflow that generates flow field datasets within two types of patient personalized models - aorta with fine coronary branches and abdominal aorta. Deep learning modules with or without an antecedent hierarchical structure model the flow field development and complete the mapping from spatial and temporal dimensions to 4D hemodynamics. 88,000 cases on 4 randomized partitions in 16 controlled trials reveal the hemodynamic landscape of spatio-temporal anisotropy within two types of personalized models, which demonstrates the effectiveness of PINN in predicting the space-time behavior of flow fields and gives the optimal deep learning framework for different blood vessels in terms of balancing the training cost and accuracy dimensions. The proposed framework shows intentional performance in computational cost, accuracy and visualization compared to currently prevalent methods, and has the potential for generalization to model flow fields and corresponding clinical metrics within vessels at different locations. We expect our framework to push the 4D hemodynamic predictions to the real-time level, and in statistically significant fashion, applicable to morphologically variable vessels.
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- Xuelan Zhang
- School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100037, China; Department of Vascular Surgery, Fuwai Yunnan Cardiovascular Hospital, Affiliated Cardiovascular Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, 650102, China
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- Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 615-8540, Japan
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- Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan.
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Salavati H, Pullens P, Ceelen W, Debbaut C. Drug transport modeling in solid tumors: A computational exploration of spatial heterogeneity of biophysical properties. Comput Biol Med 2023; 163:107190. [PMID: 37392620 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/03/2023]
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Inadequate uptake of therapeutic agents by tumor cells is still a major barrier in clinical cancer therapy. Mathematical modeling is a powerful tool to describe and investigate the transport phenomena involved. However, current models for interstitial flow and drug delivery in solid tumors have not yet embedded the existing heterogeneity of tumor biomechanical properties. The purpose of this study is to introduce a novel and more realistic methodology for computational models of solid tumor perfusion and drug delivery accounting for these regional heterogeneities as well as lymphatic drainage effects. Several tumor geometries were studied using an advanced computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling approach of intratumor interstitial fluid flow and drug transport. Hereby, the following novelties were implemented: (i) the heterogeneity of tumor-specific hydraulic conductivity and capillary permeability; (ii) the effect of lymphatic drainage on interstitial fluid flow and drug penetration. Tumor size and shape both have a crucial role on the interstitial fluid flow regime as well as drug transport illustrating a direct correlation with interstitial fluid pressure (IFP) and an inverse correlation with drug penetration, except for large tumors having a diameter larger than 50 mm. The results also suggest that the interstitial fluid flow and drug penetration in small tumors depend on tumor shape. A parameter study on the necrotic core size illustrated that the core effect (i.e. fluid flow and drug penetration alteration) was only profound in small tumors. Interestingly, the impact of a necrotic core on drug penetration differs depending on the tumor shape from having no effect in ideally spherical tumors to a clear effect in elliptical tumors with a necrotic core. A realistic presence of lymphatic vessels only slightly affected tumor perfusion, having no substantial effect on drug delivery. In conclusion, our findings illustrated that our novel parametric CFD modeling strategy in combination with accurate profiling of heterogeneous tumor biophysical properties can provide a powerful tool for better insights into tumor perfusion and drug transport, enabling effective therapy planning.
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- Hooman Salavati
- Department of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; IBiTech-BioMMedA, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium.
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium; Ghent Institute of Functional and Metabolic Imaging (GIFMI), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; IBitech-Medisip, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium
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- IBiTech-BioMMedA, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium
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Durán E, García-Villalba M, Martínez-Legazpi P, Gonzalo A, McVeigh E, Kahn AM, Bermejo J, Flores O, Del Álamo JC. Pulmonary vein flow split effects in patient-specific simulations of left atrial flow. Comput Biol Med 2023; 163:107128. [PMID: 37352639 PMCID: PMC10529707 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/25/2023]
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Disruptions to left atrial (LA) blood flow, such as those caused by atrial fibrillation (AF), can lead to thrombosis in the left atrial appendage (LAA) and an increased risk of systemic embolism. LA hemodynamics are influenced by various factors, including LA anatomy and function, and pulmonary vein (PV) inflow conditions. In particular, the PV flow split can vary significantly among and within patients depending on multiple factors. In this study, we investigated how changes in PV flow split affect LA flow transport, focusing for the first time on blood stasis in the LAA, using a high-fidelity patient-specific computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model. We use an Immersed Boundary Method, simulating the flow in a fixed, uniform Cartesian mesh and imposing the movement of the LA walls with a moving Lagrangian mesh generated from 4D Computerized Tomography images. We analyzed LA anatomies from eight patients with varying atrial function, including three with AF and either a LAA thrombus or a history of Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIAs). Using four different flow splits (60/40% and 55/45% through right and left PVs, even flow rate, and same velocity through each PV), we found that flow patterns are sensitive to PV flow split variations, particularly in planes parallel to the mitral valve. Changes in PV flow split also had a significant impact on blood stasis and could contribute to increased risk for thrombosis inside the LAA, particularly in patients with AF and previous LAA thrombus or a history of TIAs. Our study highlights the importance of considering patient-specific PV flow split variations when assessing LA hemodynamics and identifying patients at increased risk for thrombosis and stroke. This knowledge is relevant to planning clinical procedures such as AF ablation or the implementation of LAA occluders.
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- Eduardo Durán
- Department of Mechanical, Thermal and Fluids Engineering, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain; Department of Aerospace Engineering, University Carlos III of Madrid, Leganés, Spain.
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- Department of Mathematical Physics and Fluids, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States; Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Gregorio Marañón University Hospital, Madrid, Spain; Spanish Cardiovascular Network (CIBERCV), Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain; Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain; Gregorio Marañón Health Research Institute (IISGM), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Aerospace Engineering, University Carlos III of Madrid, Leganés, Spain
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States; Center for Cardiovascular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States; Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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Mohol SS, Kumar M, Sharma V. PLA-based nature-inspired architecture for bone scaffolds: A finite element analysis. Comput Biol Med 2023; 163:107163. [PMID: 37329619 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The implantation of bio-degradable scaffolds is considered as a promising approach to address the repair of bone defects. This article aims to develop a computational approach to study the mechanical behaviour, fluid dynamic, and degradation impact on polylactic acid scaffolds with nature-inspired design structures. Scaffold design is considered to be one of the main factors for the regulation of mechanical characteristics and fluid flow dynamics. In this article, five scaffolds with different nature-inspired architectures have been designed within a specific porosity range. Based on finite element analysis, their mechanical behaviour and computational fluid dynamic study are performed to evaluate the respective properties of different scaffolds. In addition, diffusion-governed degradation analysis of the scaffolds has been performed to compute the total time required for the scaffold to degrade within a given environment. Based on the mechanical behaviour, the Spider-web architecture scaffold was found to have the least deformation, and also the lowest value of equivalent stress and strain. The Nautilus Shell architecture scaffold had the highest value of equivalent stress and strain. The permeability of all the scaffolds was found to meet the requirement of the cancellous bone. All computational fluid dynamics (CFD) results of wall shear stress are in line with the requirement for cell differentiation. It was observed that the Spider-web architecture scaffold had undergone the slowest degradation, and the Giant Water Lily architecture scaffold experienced the fastest degradation.
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- Shubham Shankar Mohol
- Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing Lab, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India
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- Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing Lab, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India
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- Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing Lab, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India; Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India.
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Timofeeva M, Lav C, Cheung MMH, Ooi A. Numerical simulation of the cavopulmonary connection flow with conduit stenoses of varying configurations. Comput Biol Med 2023; 164:107358. [PMID: 37598480 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 06/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
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The circulation in the total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC) is a low-energy system which operation and efficiency are subjected to multiple factors. Some retrospective studies report that the abnormal narrowing of vessels in the system, i.e. stenosis, is one of the most dangerous geometric factors which can result in heart failure. In the present study, the effect of varying extracardiac conduit (ECC) stenosis on the hemodynamics in a surrogate TCPC model is investigated using high-fidelity numerical simulations. The efficiency of the surrogate TCPC model was quantified according to the power loss, relative perfusion in lungs and the percentage of conduit surface area with abnormally low and high wall shear stress for venous flow. Additionally, the impact of respiration and asymmetry in the stenosis geometry to the system was examined. The results show that the flow in the TCPC model exhibits pronounced unsteadiness even under the steady initial boundary conditions, while the uneven pulmonary flow distribution and the presence of the ECC stenosis amplify the chaotic nature of the flow. Energy efficiency of the system is shown to strongly correlate with amount of vortical structures in the model and their range of scales. Finally, the study demonstrates that the presence of respiration in the model adds to perturbations in the flow which causes increase in the power loss. Results obtained in the study provide valuable insights on how the ECC stenosis effect the flow in the surrogate TCPC model under different flow conditions.
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- Mariia Timofeeva
- The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, The University of Melbourne, 700 Swanston Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053, Australia.
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- The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, The University of Melbourne, 700 Swanston Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053, Australia; Scuderia AlphaTauri F1, Bicester, OX26 4LD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Heart Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, The University of Melbourne, 700 Swanston Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053, Australia
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Fogell NAT, Patel M, Yang P, Ruis RM, Garcia DB, Naser J, Savvopoulos F, Davies Taylor C, Post AL, Pedrigi RM, de Silva R, Krams R. Considering the Influence of Coronary Motion on Artery-Specific Biomechanics Using Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulation. Ann Biomed Eng 2023; 51:1950-1964. [PMID: 37436564 PMCID: PMC10409843 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-023-03214-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 07/13/2023]
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The endothelium in the coronary arteries is subject to wall shear stress and vessel wall strain, which influences the biology of the arterial wall. This study presents vessel-specific fluid-structure interaction (FSI) models of three coronary arteries, using directly measured experimental geometries and boundary conditions. FSI models are used to provide a more physiologically complete representation of vessel biomechanics, and have been extended to include coronary bending to investigate its effect on shear and strain. FSI both without- and with-bending resulted in significant changes in all computed shear stress metrics compared to CFD (p = 0.0001). Inclusion of bending within the FSI model produced highly significant changes in Time Averaged Wall Shear Stress (TAWSS) + 9.8% LAD, + 8.8% LCx, - 2.0% RCA; Oscillatory Shear Index (OSI) + 208% LAD, 0% LCx, + 2600% RCA; and transverse wall Shear Stress (tSS) + 180% LAD, + 150% LCx and + 200% RCA (all p < 0.0001). Vessel wall strain was homogenous in all directions without-bending but became highly anisotropic under bending. Changes in median cyclic strain magnitude were seen for all three vessels in every direction. Changes shown in the magnitude and distribution of shear stress and wall strain suggest that bending should be considered on a vessel-specific basis in analyses of coronary artery biomechanics.
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- Nicholas A T Fogell
- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Guy Scadding Building, Cale Street, London, SW3 6LY, UK.
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Guy Scadding Building, Cale Street, London, SW3 6LY, UK
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Guy Scadding Building, Cale Street, London, SW3 6LY, UK
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Guy Scadding Building, Cale Street, London, SW3 6LY, UK
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Guy Scadding Building, Cale Street, London, SW3 6LY, UK
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Guy Scadding Building, Cale Street, London, SW3 6LY, UK
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Guy Scadding Building, Cale Street, London, SW3 6LY, UK
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- Amsterdam UMC, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Mechanical & Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, USA
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Guy Scadding Building, Cale Street, London, SW3 6LY, UK
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- School for Material Sciences and Engineering, Queen Mary University, London, UK
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Assi IZ, Lynch SR, Samulak K, Williams DM, Wakefield TW, Obi AT, Figueroa CA. An ultrasound imaging and computational fluid dynamics protocol to assess hemodynamics in iliac vein compression syndrome. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord 2023; 11:1023-1033.e5. [PMID: 37353157 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2023.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Elevated shear rates are known to play a role in arterial thrombosis; however, shear rates have not been thoroughly investigated in patients with iliac vein compression syndrome (IVCS) owing to imaging limitations and assumptions on the low shear nature of venous flows. This study was undertaken to develop a standardized protocol that quantifies IVCS shear rates and can aid in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with moderate yet symptomatic compression. METHODS Study patients with and without IVCS had their iliac vein hemodynamics measured via duplex ultrasound (US) at two of the following three vessel locations: infrarenal inferior vena cava (IVC), right common iliac vein, and left common iliac vein, in addition to acquiring data at the right and left external iliac veins. US velocity spectra were multiplied by a weighted cross-sectional area calculated from US and computed tomography (CT) data to create flow waveforms. Flow waveforms were then scaled to enforce conservation of flow across the IVC and common iliac veins. A three-dimensional (3D), patient-specific model of the iliac vein anatomy was constructed from CT and US examination. Flow waveforms and the 3D model were used as a basis to run a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation. Owing to collateral vessel flow and discrepancies between CT and US area measurements, flows in internal iliac veins and cross-sectional areas of the common iliac veins were calibrated iteratively against target common iliac flow. Simulation results on mean velocity were validated against US data at measurement locations. Simulation results were postprocessed to derive spatial and temporal values of quantities such as velocity and shear rate. RESULTS Using our modeling protocol, we were able to build CFD models of the iliac veins that matched common iliac flow splits within 2% and measured US velocities within 10%. Proof-of-concept analyses (1 subject, 1 control) have revealed that patients with IVCS may experience elevated shear rates in the compressed left common iliac vein, more typical of the arterial rather than the venous circulation. These results encourage us to extend this protocol to a larger group of patients with IVCS and controls. CONCLUSIONS We developed a protocol that obtains hemodynamic measurements of the IVC and iliac veins from US, creates patient-specific 3D reconstructions of the venous anatomy using CT and US examinations, and computes shear rates using calibrated CFD methods. Proof-of-concept results have indicated that patients with IVCS may experience elevated shear rates in the compressed left common iliac vein. Larger cohorts are needed to assess the relationship between venous compression and shear rates in patients with IVCS as compared with controls with noncompressed iliac veins. Further studies using this protocol may also give promising insights into whether or not to treat patients with moderate, yet symptomatic compression.
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- Ismael Z Assi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI.
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Fujii Y, Kitagawa T, Ikenaga H, Tatsugami F, Awai K, Nakano Y. The reliability and utility of on-site CT-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR) based on fluid structure interactions: comparison with FFR CT based on computational fluid dynamics, invasive FFR, and resting full-cycle ratio. Heart Vessels 2023; 38:1095-1107. [PMID: 37004540 DOI: 10.1007/s00380-023-02265-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 04/04/2023]
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Fractional flow reserve (FFR) derived off-site by coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) (FFRCT) is obtained by applying the principles of computational fluid dynamics. This study aimed to validate the overall reliability of on-site CCTA-derived FFR based on fluid structure interactions (CT-FFR) and assess its clinical utility compared with FFRCT, invasive FFR, and resting full-cycle ratio (RFR). We calculated the CT-FFR for 924 coronary vessels in 308 patients who underwent CCTA for clinically suspected coronary artery disease. Of these patients, 35 patients with at least one obstructive stenosis (> 50%) detected on CCTA underwent both CT-FFR and FFRCT for further investigation. Furthermore, 24 and 20 patients underwent invasive FFR and RFR in addition to CT-FFR, respectively. The inter-observer correlation (r) of CT-FFR was 0.93 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.85-0.97, P < 0.0001) with a mean absolute difference of - 0.0042 (limits of agreement - 0.073, 0.064); 97.3% of coronary arteries without obstructive lesions on CCTA had negative results for ischemia on CT-FFR (> 0.80). The correlation coefficient between CT-FFR and FFRCT for 105 coronary vessels was 0.87 (95% CI 0.82-0.91, P < 0.0001) with a mean absolute difference of - 0.012 (limits of agreement - 0.12, 0.10). CT-FFR correlated well with both invasive FFR (r = 0.66, 95% CI 0.36-0.84, P = 0.0003) and RFR (r = 0.78, 95% CI 0.51-0.91, P < 0.0001). These data suggest that CT-FFR can potentially substitute for FFRCT and correlates closely with invasive FFR and RFR with high reproducibility. Our findings should be proven by further clinical investigation in a larger cohort.
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- Yuto Fujii
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan
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Savitha S, Kumar N, Chalamalla VK, Sharma S, Kumar V, Chawla A, Logani A. Flow characteristics of positive and negative pressure irrigation in an immature tooth - A computational fluid dynamics study. J Conserv Dent Endod 2023; 26:544-549. [PMID: 38292361 PMCID: PMC10823956 DOI: 10.4103/jcd.jcd_240_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Revised: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Aim This study aims to investigate the irrigation dynamics in an immature tooth during positive and negative pressure irrigation using a computational fluid dynamics (CFDs) model. Materials and Methods Cone-beam computed tomography scan of the maxillary central incisor with Cvek's stage III root development was used for the reconstruction of the root canal geometry. The computer-aided design models of open (front vent and notched) and closed (side vent [SV]) needles were positioned inside the root canal at two penetration depths, i.e., 3 mm and 1 mm short of apex. The negative pressure microcannula (MiC) was positioned at the level of the root apex. A prevalidated CFD model was used to simulate endodontic irrigation. Results The irrigant velocity in the apical root canal beyond the needle tip exceeded 0.1 m/s. As the needles were positioned closer to the apex, the wall shear stress (WSS) increased for the open-ended needles and decreased for the SV needle. MiC produced the lowest WSS. The mean apical pressure produced by the SV needle and MiC were below the critical threshold for periapical extrusion. Conclusions The SV needle inserted within 1-3 mm of root apex during endodontic irrigation in an immature tooth allows adequate irrigant exchange with minimal risk of periapical extrusion.
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- Selventhra Savitha
- Division of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Centre for Dental Education and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Centre for Dental Education and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Centre for Dental Education and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Centre for Dental Education and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Centre for Dental Education and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Filip B, Bochenek R, Marek WK, Antos D. Flow behavior of protein solutions in a lab-scale chromatographic system. J Chromatogr A 2023; 1705:464178. [PMID: 37392636 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2023.464178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/03/2023]
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A fluid dynamics model has been developed to describe flow behavior in a lab-scale chromatographic system dedicated for protein processing. The case study included a detailed analysis of elution pattern of a protein, which was a monoclonal antibody, glycerol, and their mixtures in aqueous solutions. Glycerol solutions mimicked viscous environment of the concentrated protein solutions. The model accounted for concentration dependences of solution viscosity and density, and dispersion anisotropy in the packed bed. It was implemented into a commercial computational fluid dynamics software using user-defined functions. The prediction efficiency was successfully verified by comparing the model simulations in the form of the concentration profiles and their variances with the corresponding experimental data. The contribution of the individual elements of the chromatographic system to protein band broadening was evaluated for different configurations: for the extra-column volumes in the absence of the chromatographic column, for the zero-length column without the packed bed and for the column containing the packed bed. The influence of the operating variables, including: the mobile phase flowrate, the type of the injection system, i.e., the injection loop capillary or the superloop, the injection volume and the length of the packed bed, on band broadening of the protein was determined under nonadsorbing conditions. For protein solutions having viscosity comparable with the mobile phase, the flow behavior either in the column hardware or in the injection system made major contributions to band broadening, which depended on the type of the injection system. For highly viscous protein solution, the flow behavior in the packed bed exerted a dominant influence on band broadening.
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- Bartłomiej Filip
- Doctoral School of the Rzeszów University of Technology, Rzeszów, Poland
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Rzeszów University of Technology, Rzeszów, Poland
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Rzeszów University of Technology, Rzeszów, Poland
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Rzeszów University of Technology, Rzeszów, Poland.
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Zhu Y, Xu XY, Mason J, Mirsadraee S. Irregular anatomical features can alter hemodynamics in Takayasu arteritis. JVS Vasc Sci 2023; 4:100125. [PMID: 37771369 PMCID: PMC10522970 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvssci.2023.100125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/30/2023] Open
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Objective Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a difficult disease to deal with because there are neither reliable clinical signs, laboratory biomarkers, nor a single noninvasive imaging technique that can be used for early diagnosis and disease activity monitoring. Knowledge of aortic hemodynamics in TA is lacking. This study aimed to fill this gap by assessing hemodynamics in patients with TA using image-based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. Methods Eleven patients with TA were included in the present study. Patient-specific geometries were reconstructed from either clinical aortic computed tomography angiography or magnetic resonance angiography studies and coupled with physiological boundary conditions for CFD simulations. Key anatomical and hemodynamic parameters were compared with a control group consisting of 18 age- and sex-matched adults without TA who had healthy aortas. Results Compared with controls, patients with TA had significantly higher aortic velocities (0.9 m/s [0.7, 1.1 m/s] vs 0.6 m/s [0.5, 0.7 m/s]; P = .002), maximum time-averaged wall shear stress (14.2 Pa [9.8, 20.9 Pa] vs 8.0 Pa [6.2, 10.3 Pa]; P = .004), and maximum pressure drops between the ascending and descending aorta (36.9 mm Hg [29.0, 49.3 mm Hg] vs 28.5 mm Hg [25.8, 31.5 mm Hg]; P = .004). These significant hemodynamic alterations in patients with TA might result from abnormal anatomical features including smaller arch diameter (20.0 mm [13.8, 23.3 mm] vs 25.2 mm [23.3, 26.8 mm]; P = .003), supra-aortic branch diameters (21.9 mm [18.5, 24.6 mm] vs 25.7 mm [24.3, 28.3 mm]; P = .003) and descending aorta diameter (14.7 mm [12.2, 16.8 mm] vs 22.5 mm [19.8, 24.0 mm]; P < .001). Conclusions CFD analysis reveals hemodynamic changes in the aorta of patients with TA. The applicability of CFD technique coupled with standard imaging assessments in predicting disease progression of such patients will be explored in future studies. Future large cohort study with outcome correlation is also warranted. Clinical Relevance Based on patient-specific computational fluid dynamics simulations, the present retrospective study revealed significant difference in aortic hemodynamics between the patients with and without Takayasu arteritis (TA). To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to evaluate hemodynamic conditions within TA, demonstrating the potential of computational flow modeling in capturing abnormal hemodynamic forces, such as high wall shear stress, resulted from irregular morphological changes. In the future, assessing the hemodynamic parameters within patients with TA during the prestenotic period, together with longitudinal computational fluid dynamics studies may allow better monitoring and management of TA.
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- Yu Zhu
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Rheumatology and Vascular Science, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, London, UK
- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Kachabi A, Colebank MJ, Chesler N. Subject-specific one-dimensional fluid dynamics model of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Res Sq 2023:rs.3.rs-3214385. [PMID: 37577616 PMCID: PMC10418554 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3214385/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) develops due to the accumulation of blood clots in the lung vasculature that obstruct flow and increase pressure. The mechanobiological factors that drive progression of CTEPH are not understood, in part because mechanical and hemodynamic changes in the pulmonary vasculature due to CTEPH are not easily measurable. Using previously published hemodynamic measurements and imaging from a large animal model of CTEPH, we developed a subject-specific one-dimensional (1D) computational fluid dynamic (CFD) models to investigate the impact of CTEPH on pulmonary artery stiffening, time averaged wall shear stress (TAWSS), and oscillatory shear index (OSI). Our results demonstrate that CTEPH increases pulmonary artery wall stiffness and decreases TAWSS in extralobar (main, right and left pulmonary arteries) and intralobar vessels. Moreover, CTEPH increases the percentage of the intralobar arterial network with both low TAWSS and high OSI. This subject-specific experimental-computational framework shows potential as a predictor of the impact of CTEPH on pulmonary arterial hemodynamics and pulmonary vascular mechanics. By leveraging advanced modeling techniques and calibrated model parameters, we predict spatial distributions of flow and pressure, from which we can compute potential physiomarkers of disease progression, including the combination of low mean wall shear stress with high oscillation. Ultimately, this approach can lead to more spatially targeted interventions that address the needs of individual CTEPH patients.
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Crielaard H, Hoogewerf M, van Putte BP, van de Vosse FN, Vlachojannis GJ, Stecher D, Stijnen M, Doevendans PA. Evaluating the Arteriotomy Size of a New Sutureless Coronary Anastomosis Using a Finite Volume Approach. J Cardiovasc Transl Res 2023; 16:916-926. [PMID: 36943615 PMCID: PMC10480236 DOI: 10.1007/s12265-023-10367-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The ELANA® Heart Bypass creates a standardized sutureless anastomosis. Hereby, we investigate the influence of arteriotomy and graft size on coronary hemodynamics. METHODS A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was developed. Arteriotomy size (standard 1.43 mm2; varied 0.94 - 3.6 mm2) and graft diameter (standard 2.5 mm; varied 1.5 - 5.0 mm) were independent parameters. Outcome parameters were coronary pressure and flow, and fractional flow reserve (FFR). RESULTS The current size ELANA (arteriotomy 1.43 mm2) presented an estimated FFR 0.65 (39 mL/min). Enlarging arteriotomy increased FFR, coronary pressure, and flow. All reached a maximum once the arteriotomy (2.80 mm2) surpassed the coronary cross-sectional area (2.69 mm2, i.e. 1.85 mm diameter), presenting an estimated FFR 0.75 (46 mL/min). Increasing graft diameter was positively related to FFR, coronary pressure, and flow. CONCLUSION The ratio between the required minimal coronary diameter for application and the ELANA arteriotomy size effectuates a pressure drop that could be clinically relevant. Additional research and eventual lengthening of the anastomosis is advised.
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- Hanneke Crielaard
- LifeTec Group, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Department of Cardiovascular Biomechanics, University of Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiovascular Biomechanics, University of Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Heart Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Zhang Z, Zhu J, Wu M, Neidlin M, Wu WT, Wu P. Computational modeling of hemodynamics and risk of thrombosis in the left atrial appendage using patient-specific blood viscosity and boundary conditions at the mitral valve. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2023; 22:1447-1457. [PMID: 37389735 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-023-01731-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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Hemodynamics play a vital role for the risk of thrombosis in the left atrial appendage (LAA) and left atrium (LA) for patients with atrial fibrillation. Accurate prediction of hemodynamics in the LA can provide important guidance for assessing the risk of thrombosis in the LAA. Patient specificity is a crucial factor in representing the true hemodynamic fields. In this study, we investigated the effects of blood rheology (as a function of hematocrit and shear rate), as well as patient-specific mitral valve (MV) boundary conditions (MV area and velocity profiles measured by ultrasound) on the hemodynamics and thrombosis potential of the LAA. Four scenarios were setup with different degrees of patient specificity. Though using a constant blood viscosity can classify the thrombus and non-thrombus patients for all the hemodynamic indicators, the risk of thrombosis was underestimated for all patients compared with patient-specific viscosities. The results with least patient specificities showed that patients prone to thrombosis predicted by three hemodynamic indicators were inconsistent with clinical observations. Moreover, though patients had the same MV inlet flow rate, different MV models lead to different trends in the risk of thrombosis in different patients. We also found that endothelial cell activation potential and relative residence time can effectively distinguish thrombus and non-thrombus patients for all the scenarios, relatively insensitive to patient specificities. Overall, the findings of this study provide useful insights on patients-specific hemodynamic simulations of the LA.
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- Zijian Zhang
- Artificial Organ Technology Laboratory, School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Medical Faculty, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
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- Artificial Organ Technology Laboratory, School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
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Swackhamer C, Bedane T, Keppler S, Poltorak A, Cheung K, Awais N, Marra F, Bornhorst GM. Development and analysis of a multi-module peristaltic simulator for gastrointestinal research. Food Res Int 2023; 170:112877. [PMID: 37316038 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2023.112877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Many existing in vitro digestion systems do not accurately represent the peristaltic contractions of the gastrointestinal system; most of the systems that have physiologically-relevant peristaltic contractions have low throughput and can only test one sample at a time. A device has been developed that provides simulated peristaltic contractions for up to 12 digestion modules simultaneously using rollers of varying width to modulate the dynamics of the peristaltic motion. The force applied to a simulated food bolus varied from 2.61 ± 0.03 N to 4.51 ± 0.16 N (p < 0.05) depending on roller width. Video analysis showed that the degree of occlusion of the digestion module varied from 72.1 ± 0.4% to 84.6 ± 1.2% (p < 0.05). A multiphysics, computational fluid dynamics model was created to understand the fluid flow. The fluid flow was also examined experimentally using video analysis of tracer particles. The model-predicted maximum fluid velocity in the peristaltic simulator incorporating the thin rollers was 0.016 m/s, and the corresponding value measured using tracer particles was 0.015 m/s. The occlusion, pressure, and fluid velocity in the new peristaltic simulator fell within physiologically representative ranges. Although no in vitro device perfectly recreates the conditions of the gastrointestinal system, this novel device is a flexible platform for future gastrointestinal research and could allow for high-throughput screening of food materials for health-promoting properties under conditions representative of human gastrointestinal motility.
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- Clay Swackhamer
- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, USA
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- UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, USA
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, USA
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, USA
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, USA
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università degli Studi di Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, USA; Riddet Institute, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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Newman T, Borker R, Aubiniere-Robb L, Hendrickson J, Choudhury D, Halliday I, Fenner J, Narracott A, Hose DR, Gosling R, Gunn JP, Morris PD. Rapid virtual fractional flow reserve using 3D computational fluid dynamics. Eur Heart J Digit Health 2023; 4:283-290. [PMID: 37538147 PMCID: PMC10393878 DOI: 10.1093/ehjdh/ztad028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
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Aims Over the last ten years, virtual Fractional Flow Reserve (vFFR) has improved the utility of Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR), a globally recommended assessment to guide coronary interventions. Although the speed of vFFR computation has accelerated, techniques utilising full 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solutions rather than simplified analytical solutions still require significant time to compute. Methods and results This study investigated the speed, accuracy and cost of a novel 3D-CFD software method based upon a graphic processing unit (GPU) computation, compared with the existing fastest central processing unit (CPU)-based 3D-CFD technique, on 40 angiographic cases. The novel GPU simulation was significantly faster than the CPU method (median 31.7 s (Interquartile Range (IQR) 24.0-44.4s) vs. 607.5 s (490-964 s), P < 0.0001). The novel GPU technique was 99.6% (IQR 99.3-99.9) accurate relative to the CPU method. The initial cost of the GPU hardware was greater than the CPU (£4080 vs. £2876), but the median energy consumption per case was significantly less using the GPU method (8.44 (6.80-13.39) Wh vs. 2.60 (2.16-3.12) Wh, P < 0.0001). Conclusion This study demonstrates that vFFR can be computed using 3D-CFD with up to 28-fold acceleration than previous techniques with no clinically significant sacrifice in accuracy.
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
- Insigneo Institute for In Silico Medicine, Pam Liversidge Building, The University of Sheffield, Broad Lane, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
- Insigneo Institute for In Silico Medicine, Pam Liversidge Building, The University of Sheffield, Broad Lane, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
- Insigneo Institute for In Silico Medicine, Pam Liversidge Building, The University of Sheffield, Broad Lane, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
- Insigneo Institute for In Silico Medicine, Pam Liversidge Building, The University of Sheffield, Broad Lane, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
- Department of Cardiology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Chesterman Wing, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield, S5 7AU, UK
- Insigneo Institute for In Silico Medicine, Pam Liversidge Building, The University of Sheffield, Broad Lane, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
- Department of Cardiology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Chesterman Wing, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield, S5 7AU, UK
- Insigneo Institute for In Silico Medicine, Pam Liversidge Building, The University of Sheffield, Broad Lane, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
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- Corresponding author. Tel: +44 (0) 114 2712863, Fax: +44 (0) 114 271 1863,
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Hvid R, Stuart MB, Jensen JA, Traberg MS. Intra-Cardiac Flow from Geometry Prescribed Computational Fluid Dynamics: Comparison with Ultrasound Vector Flow Imaging. Cardiovasc Eng Technol 2023; 14:489-504. [PMID: 37322241 PMCID: PMC10465406 DOI: 10.1007/s13239-023-00666-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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PURPOSE This paper investigates the accuracy of blood flow velocities simulated from a geometry prescribed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) pipeline by applying it to a dynamic heart phantom. The CFD flow patterns are compared to a direct flow measurement by ultrasound vector flow imaging (VFI). The hypothesis is that the simulated velocity magnitudes are within one standard deviation of the measured velocities. METHODS The CFD pipeline uses computed tomography angiography (CTA) images with 20 volumes per cardiac cycle as geometry input. Fluid domain movement is prescribed from volumetric image registration using the CTA image data. Inlet and outlet conditions are defined by the experimental setup. VFI is systematically measured in parallel planes, and compared to the corresponding planes in the simulated time dependent three dimensional fluid velocity field. RESULTS The measured VFI and simulated CFD have similar flow patterns when compared qualitatively. A quantitative comparison of the velocity magnitude is also performed at specific regions of interest. These are evaluated at 11 non-overlapping time bins and compared by linear regression giving R2 = 0.809, SD = 0.060 m/s, intercept = - 0.039 m/s, and slope = 1.09. Excluding an outlier at the inlet, the correspondence between CFD and VFI improves to: R2 = 0.823, SD = 0.048 m/s, intercept = -0.030 m/s, and slope = 1.01. CONCLUSION The direct comparison of flow patterns shows that the proposed CFD pipeline provide realistic flow patterns in a well-controlled experimental setup. The demanded accuracy is obtained close to the inlet and outlet, but not in locations far from these.
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- Rasmus Hvid
- Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
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Alcalde-Morales S, Valenzuela L, Serrano-Aguilera J. Heat losses in a trapezoidal cavity receiver of a linear Fresnel collector: A CFD approach. Heliyon 2023; 9:e18692. [PMID: 37576326 PMCID: PMC10415896 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023] Open
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This paper presents a thermal study of a cavity receiver designed for a Fresnel-type linear solar collector (LFC). The study utilizes a two-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model implemented in ANSYS Fluent. The thermal behavior of air inside the cavity for a Fresnel collector is extensively examined. The receiver consists of a trapezoidal cavity with a set of six parallel absorber tubes, through which a thermal fluid circulates. The cavity has aluminum reflectors on the inner walls and glass window closing the aperture facing the primary reflectors of the solar collector. The two-dimensional numerical model represents a cross-section of the receiver, and aims to provide numerical results that allow to provide algebraic correlations for predicting heat losses in the receiver from the wall temperature of each of the six individual absorber tubes that compose it. The developed model is transient, utilizing the k-ε turbulent model. In addition, the study is completed with an analysis of the behavior of the air surrounding and inside the cavity, to evaluate its thermal performance. For this purpose, the velocity and temperature contours obtained with the two-dimensional model are discussed. Correlations are obtained to know the heat flux between the tubes and the heat loss through the window for any combination of temperatures for each pair of tubes, which has not been yet studied in the literature. The study reveals that radiative losses contribute to 81% of the total heat losses, with the outer tubes temperature being the main responsible for these losses. Furthermore, a dimensionless analysis examines the relationship between the Nusselt and Rayleigh numbers in comparison to reference problems based on canonical geometries dominated by buoyancy-driven flows. The performance is found to be similar to that of a downward hot flat plate.
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- Sergio Alcalde-Morales
- CIEMAT – Plataforma Solar de Almería, Crta. Senes, km. 4.5, 04200, Tabernas (Almería), Spain
- Universidad de Málaga, Escuela de Ingenierías Industriales, Campus de Teatinos, s/n, 29071, Málaga, Spain
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- CIEMAT – Plataforma Solar de Almería, Crta. Senes, km. 4.5, 04200, Tabernas (Almería), Spain
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- Universidad de Málaga, Escuela de Ingenierías Industriales, Campus de Teatinos, s/n, 29071, Málaga, Spain
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Fillingham P, Romero Bhathal J, Marsh LMM, Barbour MC, Kurt M, Ionita CN, Davies JM, Aliseda A, Levitt MR. Improving the accuracy of computational fluid dynamics simulations of coiled cerebral aneurysms using finite element modeling. J Biomech 2023; 157:111733. [PMID: 37527606 PMCID: PMC10528313 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2023.111733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023]
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Cerebral aneurysms are a serious clinical challenge, with ∼half resulting in death or disability. Treatment via endovascular coiling significantly reduces the chances of rupture, but the techniquehas failure rates of ∼20 %. This presents a pressing need to develop a method fordetermining optimal coildeploymentstrategies. Quantification of the hemodynamics of coiled aneurysms using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has the potential to predict post-treatment outcomes, but representing the coil mass in CFD simulations remains a challenge. We use the Finite Element Method (FEM) for simulating patient-specific coil deployment for n = 4 ICA aneurysms for which 3D printed in vitro models were also generated, coiled, and scanned using ultra-high resolution synchrotron micro-CT. The physical and virtual coil geometries were voxelized onto a binary structured grid and porosity maps were generated for geometric comparison. The average binary accuracy score is 0.8623 and the average error in porosity map is 4.94 %. We then conduct patient-specific CFD simulations of the aneurysm hemodynamics using virtual coils geometries, micro-CT generated oil geometries, and using the porous medium method to represent the coil mass. Hemodynamic parameters including Neck Inflow Rate (Qneck) and Wall Shear Stress (WSS) were calculated for each of the CFD simulations. The average relative error in Qneck and WSS from CFD using FEM geometry were 6.6 % and 21.8 % respectively, while the error from CFD using a porous media approximation resulted in errors of 55.1 % and 36.3 % respectively; demonstrating a marked improvement in the accuracy of CFD simulations using FEM generated coil geometries.
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- Patrick Fillingham
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States; Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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Kageyama S, Tufaro V, Torii R, Karamasis GV, Rakhit RD, Poon EKW, Aben JP, Baumbach A, Serruys PW, Onuma Y, Bourantas CV. Agreement of wall shear stress distribution between two core laboratories using three-dimensional quantitative coronary angiography. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2023; 39:1581-1592. [PMID: 37243956 PMCID: PMC10427706 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-023-02872-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Wall shear stress (WSS) estimated in models reconstructed from intravascular imaging and 3-dimensional-quantitative coronary angiography (3D-QCA) data provides important prognostic information and enables identification of high-risk lesions. However, these analyses are time-consuming and require expertise, limiting WSS adoption in clinical practice. Recently, a novel software has been developed for real-time computation of time-averaged WSS (TAWSS) and multidirectional WSS distribution. This study aims to examine its inter-corelab reproducibility. Sixty lesions (20 coronary bifurcations) with a borderline negative fractional flow reserve were processed using the CAAS Workstation WSS prototype to estimate WSS and multi-directional WSS values. Analysis was performed by two corelabs and their estimations for the WSS in 3 mm segments across each reconstructed vessel was extracted and compared. In total 700 segments (256 located in bifurcated vessels) were included in the analysis. A high intra-class correlation was noted for all the 3D-QCA and TAWSS metrics between the estimations of the two corelabs irrespective of the presence (range: 0.90-0.92) or absence (range: 0.89-0.90) of a coronary bifurcation, while the ICC was good-moderate for the multidirectional WSS (range: 0.72-0.86). Lesion level analysis demonstrated a high agreement of the two corelabls for detecting lesions exposed to an unfavourable haemodynamic environment (WSS > 8.24 Pa, κ = 0.77) that had a high-risk morphology (area stenosis > 61.3%, κ = 0.71) and were prone to progress and cause events. The CAAS Workstation WSS enables reproducible 3D-QCA reconstruction and computation of WSS metrics. Further research is needed to explore its value in detecting high-risk lesions.
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- Shigetaka Kageyama
- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE, UK
- Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele-Milan, Italy
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
- Department of Cartiology, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE, UK
- Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Galway, Ireland
- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Galway, Ireland
- Department of Cartiology, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE, UK.
- Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University College London, London, UK.
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Ren L, Xu R, Zhao C, Li W, Wang S, Cao C, Gong Y, Zhu J, Feng X, Ren B, Xia S. Tortuosity and Proximal-Specific Hemodynamics Associated with Plaque Location in the Carotid Bulb Stenosis. J Vasc Res 2023; 60:160-171. [PMID: 37499638 DOI: 10.1159/000531584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Atherosclerotic plaque locations in the carotid bulb increasingly have been found to be associated with patterns of ischemic lesions and plaque progression. However, the occurrence of carotid bulb plaque is a complex process. We aimed to investigate plaque characteristics and geometric and hemodynamic parameters among patients with body and apical plaques of the carotid bulb and to identify the mechanism of bulb plaque formation and location. METHODS Consecutive patients with single carotid bulb stenosis (50-99%) were enrolled retrospectively. Patients were divided into body and apical plaque groups based on plaque location. Plaque location and characteristics were identified and measured on high-resolution vessel wall magnetic resonance imaging. Geometric parameters were derived from time-of-flight magnetic resonance imaging. Computational fluid dynamics simulations were performed to quantify wall shear stress (WSS) and four associated WSS-based metrics on the plaque side, on the non-plaque side, and in different parts of the lesion. Plaque characteristics and geometric and hemodynamic parameters were compared, and their associations with the plaque location were determined. RESULTS Seventy patients were recruited (41 body plaques and 29 apical plaques). WSSplaque values were lower than WSSnon-plaque values for all plaques (median [interquartile range], 12.59 [9.83-22.14] vs. 17.27 [11.63-27.63] Pa, p = 0.001). In a multivariate binary logistic regression, the tortuosity of the stenosed region, the magnitudes of the mean relative residence time, and the minimum transverse WSS in the proximal part of the lesion were the key factors independently associated with plaque location (p = 0.022, 0.013, and 0.012, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Plaque formation was associated with the local flow pattern, and the tortuosity and proximal-specific hemodynamics were significantly associated with plaque location in the carotid bulb.
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- Lei Ren
- Department of Radiology, First Central Clinical School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
- Department of Radiology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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- College of Computer Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Central Clinical School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Central Clinical School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
- Department of Radiology, First Hospital of Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Department of Breast Oncoplastic Surgery, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin Medical University, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Radiology, Tianjin University Huanhu Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Radiology, Tianjin Nankai Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- MR Collaboration, Siemens Healthineers Ltd., Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin First Central Hospital, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- College of Computer Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Imaging Institute of Tianjin, Tianjin First Central Hospital, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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Forneris A, Beddoes R, Benovoy M, Faris P, Moore RD, Di Martino ES. AI-powered assessment of biomarkers for growth prediction of abdominal aortic aneurysms. JVS Vasc Sci 2023; 4:100119. [PMID: 37662586 PMCID: PMC10470267 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvssci.2023.100119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023] Open
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Objective The purpose of this study was to employ biomechanics-based biomarkers to locally characterize abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) tissue and investigate their relation to local aortic growth by means of an artificial intelligence model. Methods The study focused on a population of 36 patients with AAAs undergoing serial monitoring with electrocardiogram-gated multiphase computed tomography angiography acquisitions. The geometries of the aortic lumen and wall were reconstructed from the baseline scans and used for the baseline assessment of regional aortic weakness with three functional biomarkers, time-averaged wall-shear stress, in vivo principal strain, and intra-luminal thrombus thickness. The biomarkers were encoded as regional averages on axial and circumferential sections perpendicularly to the aortic centerline. Local diametric growth was obtained as difference in diameter between baseline and follow-up at the level of each axial section. An artificial intelligence model was developed to predict accelerated aneurysmal growth with the Extra Trees algorithm used as a binary classifier where the positive class represented regions that grew more than 2.5 mm/year. Additional clinical biomarkers, such as maximum aortic diameter at baseline, were also investigated as predictors of growth. Results The area under the curve for the constructed receiver operating characteristic curve for the Extra Trees classifier showed a very good performance in predicting relevant aortic growth (area under the curve = 0.92), with the three biomechanics-based functional biomarkers being objectively selected as the main predictors of growth. Conclusions The use of features based on the functional and local characterization of the aortic tissue resulted in a superior performance in terms of growth prediction when compared with models based on geometrical assessments. With rapid growth linked to increasing risk for patients with AAAs, the ability to access functional information related to tissue weakening and disease progression at baseline has the potential to support early clinical decisions and improve disease management.
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- Arianna Forneris
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- R&D Department, ViTAA Medical Solutions, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Product Development Department, ViTAA Medical Solutions, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Product Development Department, ViTAA Medical Solutions, Montreal, QC, Canada
- McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- R&D Department, ViTAA Medical Solutions, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- R&D Department, ViTAA Medical Solutions, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Nuruzzaman M, Anwar AHMF, Sarukkalige R. Computational fluid dynamics modeling of floating treatment wetland retrofitted stormwater pond: Investigation on design configurations. J Environ Manage 2023; 337:117746. [PMID: 36958285 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Revised: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Floating Treatment Wetland (FTW) is a cost-effective and easy-to-retrofit device for stormwater treatment. Its treatment efficiency largely depends on the fraction of inflow entering FTW and the residence time within it. Thus hydrodynamics play a crucial role, which is affected by the design configurations of FTW and stormwater pond. Despite a spike in research on FTWs, very little is known about how various design configurations affect treatment efficiency by an FTW. Our study hypothesizes that relative positions of FTW geometry, FTW position and pond inlet-outlet have impact on the hydrodynamics and as a consequence, treatment efficiency. To explore these design features, we employed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling conducted in ANSYS Fluent, validated by experimental data to examine the impact of the aforementioned design features. The results revealed that circular FTW geometry positioned near inlet coupled with center inlet-side outlet configuration achieved the highest removal (94.8%) for a non-dimensional removal rate of krtHRT = 20 (kr is the first order removal rate in per day, tHRT is the nominal hydraulic residence time of the pond in days). Far side inlet-side outlet configuration performed the worst due to profound promotion of short-circuiting. FTW positioned near inlet performed better (61.8% mass removal on an average) than center (42.7%) and near outlet positions (54.1%) for krtHRT = 20. Sensitivity analysis revealed that the treatment efficiency is most sensitive to inlet-outlet configurations. The design implications of this study will help practitioners achieving better water quality and ecological improvement goals.
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- Md Nuruzzaman
- School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.
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- School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
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- School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
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Maeda S, Otani T, Yamada S, Watanabe Y, Ilik SY, Wada S. Biomechanical effects of hyper-dynamic cerebrospinal fluid flow through the cerebral aqueduct in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus patients. J Biomech 2023; 156:111671. [PMID: 37327645 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2023.111671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Revised: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is an intracranial disease characterized by an abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in brain ventricles within the normal range of intracranial pressure. Most NPH in aged patients is idiopathic (iNPH) and without any prior history of intracranial diseases. Although an abnormal increase of CSF stroke volume (hyper-dynamic CSF flow) in the aqueduct between the third and fourth ventricles has received much attention as a clinical evaluation index in iNPH patients, the biomechanical effects of this flow on iNPH pathophysiology are poorly understood. This study aimed to clarify the potential biomechanical effects of hyper-dynamic CSF flow through the aqueduct of iNPH patients using magnetic resonance imaging-based computational simulations. Ventricular geometries and CSF flow rates through aqueducts of 10 iNPH patients and 10 healthy control subjects were obtained from multimodal magnetic resonance images, and these CSF flow fields were simulated using computational fluid dynamics. As biomechanical factors, we evaluated wall shear stress on the ventricular wall and the extent of flow mixing, which potentially disturbs the CSF composition in each ventricle. The results showed that the relatively high CSF flow rate and large and irregular shapes of the aqueduct in iNPH resulted in large wall shear stresses localized in relatively narrow regions. Furthermore, the resulting CSF flow showed a stable cyclic motion in control subjects, whereas strong mixing during transport through the aqueduct was found in patients with iNPH. These findings provide further insights into the clinical and biomechanical correlates of NPH pathophysiology.
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- Shusaku Maeda
- Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyamacho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyamacho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 467-8601, Japan; Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies / Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Neurosurgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Setatsukinowacho, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Setatsukinowacho, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyamacho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyamacho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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Stokes C, Haupt F, Becker D, Muthurangu V, von Tengg-Kobligk H, Balabani S, Díaz-Zuccarini V. The Influence of Minor Aortic Branches in Patient-Specific Flow Simulations of Type-B Aortic Dissection. Ann Biomed Eng 2023; 51:1627-1644. [PMID: 36967447 PMCID: PMC10264290 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-023-03175-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 02/19/2023] [Indexed: 03/28/2023]
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Type-B aortic dissection (TBAD) is a disease in which a tear develops in the intimal layer of the descending aorta forming a true lumen and false lumen (FL). Because disease outcomes are thought to be influenced by haemodynamic quantities such as pressure and wall shear stress (WSS), their analysis via numerical simulations may provide valuable clinical insights. Major aortic branches are routinely included in simulations but minor branches are virtually always neglected, despite being implicated in TBAD progression and the development of complications. As minor branches are estimated to carry about 7-21% of cardiac output, neglecting them may affect simulation accuracy. We present the first simulation of TBAD with all pairs of intercostal, subcostal and lumbar arteries, using 4D-flow MRI (4DMR) to inform patient-specific boundary conditions. Compared to an equivalent case without minor branches, their inclusion improved agreement with 4DMR velocities, reduced time-averaged WSS (TAWSS) and transmural pressure and elevated oscillatory shear in regions where FL dilatation and calcification were observed in vivo. Minor branch inclusion resulted in differences of 60-75% in these metrics of potential clinical relevance, indicating a need to account for minor branch flow loss if simulation accuracy is sought.
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- C Stokes
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
- Wellcome-EPSRC Centre for Interventional Surgical Sciences, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Clinic of Vascular Surgery, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Centre for Translational Cardiovascular Imaging, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
- Wellcome-EPSRC Centre for Interventional Surgical Sciences, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK.
- Wellcome-EPSRC Centre for Interventional Surgical Sciences, University College London, London, UK.
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Yamamoto T, Ozaki A, Aratsu K, Fukui R. Energy simulation and CFD coupled analysis for the optimal operation of combined convection and radiant air conditioning considering dehumidification. Heliyon 2023; 9:e18092. [PMID: 37539116 PMCID: PMC10395349 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023] Open
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The use of radiant panels in homes has increased recently because they do not cause a drafty feeling, unlike air conditioners. However, air conditioners are more power-efficient than radiant panels and have a higher coefficient of performance (COP). Therefore, combining radiant panels and air conditioning can provide an optimal solution for thermal control in residences. Energy simulation (ES) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) can be used to simulate such environments. ES is suitable for non-steady state calculations, and combined with appropriate modeling, enables an accurate estimation of power consumption. Effective dehumidification becomes necessary, during summer as the relative humidity in a room increases. Both air conditioners and radiant panels can achieve this. This study developed a simulation tool that incorporates the effects of dehumidification. Based on a relative evaluation, a case was proposed where both energy efficiency and comfort were satisfied by jointly using air conditioners and radiant panels. The study found that a small number of panels could achieve the most balanced operation. The results of this study can serve as a reference for general housing, and the developed simulation tool can be applied to product development and building material design.
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Al-Amshawee SKA, Yunus MYBM, Mohamed HS. Electrodialysis membrane desalination for water and wastewater processing: irregular attack angles of membrane spacers. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023:10.1007/s11356-023-28433-9. [PMID: 37378732 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28433-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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Electrodialysis desalination is constructed with a number of anion exchange membranes (AEM), cation exchange membranes (CEM), anode, cathode, adjacent silicon gasket integrated membrane spacers, and inlet/outlet holes per cell. At the boundary among an ionic solution and an ion exchange membrane, concentration polarization develops. Spacers placed in between channel's walls function as stream baffles to increase turbulence, improve heat and mass transfer, diminish the laminar boundary layer, and lessen fouling problems. The current study offers a systematic review of membrane spacers, spacer-bulk attack angles, and irregular attack angles. Spacer-bulk attack angle is accountable for variations in the pattern and direction of stream which impact heat-mass transfer and concentration polarization. Irregular attack angles (e.g., 0°, 15°, 30°, 37°, 45°, 55°, 60°, 62°, 70°, 74°, 80°, 90°, 110°, 120°) in the present study were found to provide unique stream patterns due to the spacer's filaments being less or more transverse in respect to the primary solution direction, which may significantly alter heat transfer, mass transport, pressure drop, and overall flow dynamics. Spacer applies shear stress resulting by continuous stream tangent to the membrane exterior, which lessens polarization. In the end, 45° is concluded as the preferred attack angle that offers balanced rates of heat transfer, mass transport, and pressure drop throughout the feed channel while greatly lowering the rate of concentration polarization.
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- Centre for Sustainability of Ecosystem & Earth Resources (Earth Centre), Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26300, Pahang, Malaysia
- Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26300, Pahang, Malaysia
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- Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26300, Pahang, Malaysia
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Liu Y, Jiang G, Wang X, An X, Wang F. The relationship between geometry and hemodynamics of the stenotic carotid artery based on computational fluid dynamics. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2023; 231:107860. [PMID: 37390570 DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2023.107860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Revised: 06/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this work was to investigate the relationship between the geometric factors and the hemodynamics of the stenotic carotid artery. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed data of patients with carotid stenosis (40%-95%). The Navier-Stokes equations were solved using ANSYS CFX 18.0. Correlation analysis was based on Spearman's test. Geometric variables (p < 0.1 in the univariate analysis) were entered into the logistical regression. A receiver-operating characteristics analysis was used to detect hemodynamically significant lesions. RESULTS 81 patients (96 arteries) were evaluated. The logistic regression analysis revealed that the translesional pressure ratio was significantly correlated with the stenosis degree (OR = 1.147, p < 0.001) and the angle between internal carotid artery and external carotid artery (angle γ) (OR = 0.933, p = 0.01). The translesional wall shear stress ratio was significantly correlated with stenosis degree (OR = 1.094, p < 0.001), lesion length (OR = 0.873, p = 0.01), lumen area of internal carotid artery (OR = 0.867, p = 0.002), and lumen area of common carotid artery (OR = 1.058, p = 0.01). For predicting low translesional pressure ratio, the AUC was 0.71 (p < 0.001) for angle γ, and was 0.87 (p < 0.001) for stenosis degree. For predicting high translesional wall shear stress ratio, the AUC was 0.62 (p = 0.04) for lumen area of internal carotid artery, and was 0.77 (p < 0.001) for stenosis degree. CONCLUSIONS Apart from stenosis degree, other geometric characteristics of lesions may also have an influence on hemodynamics of the stenotic carotid artery.
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- Yongsheng Liu
- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
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Cho KC. The Current Limitations and Advanced Analysis of Hemodynamic Study of Cerebral Aneurysms. Neurointervention 2023:neuroint.2023.00164. [PMID: 37337398 DOI: 10.5469/neuroint.2023.00164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023] Open
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Among the various perspectives on cerebrovascular diseases, hemodynamic analysis-which has recently garnered interest-is of great help in understanding cerebrovascular diseases. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis has been the primary hemodynamic analysis method, and studies on cerebral aneurysms have been actively conducted. However, owing to the intrinsic limitations of the analysis method, the role of wall shear stress (WSS), the most representative parameter, remains controversial. High WSS affects the formation of cerebral aneurysms; however, no consensus has been reached on the role of WSS in the growth and rupture of cerebral aneurysms. Therefore, this review aimed to briefly introduce the up-to-date results and limitations made through CFD analysis and to inform the need for a new hemodynamic analysis method.
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- Kwang-Chun Cho
- Department of Neurosurgery, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yongin, Korea
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