Background

Researchers often require the use of anatomical models for various reasons, including anatomical fitting studies of medical devices, numerical simulations, particle image velocimetry, etc. In some cases, anatomical data for various pathologies are often not easily accessible.

Aims and Objectives

The aim of this page on OpenHeart is to establish a repository of de-identified anatomical data that can be used for cardiovascular research.

Key Documents

As an example, the severely dilated left ventricle anatomical model has been used in 1) Numerical prediction of thrombus risk in an anatomically dilated left ventricle: the effect of inflow cannula designs and 2) Ventricular flow dynamics with varying LVAD inflow cannula lengths: In-silico evaluation in a multiscale model.

Repository

Find the Bitbucket repository for this project here. 

References

Liao S, Neidlin M, Li Z, Simpson B, Gregory SD. Ventricular flow dynamics with varying LVAD inflow cannula length: in-silico evaluation in a multiscale model. Journal of Biomechanics. (2018) 72:106-115. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.02.038

Liao S, Simpson B, Neidlin M, Kaufmann TAS, Li Z, Woodruff MA, Gregory SD. Numerical prediction of thrombus risk in an anatomically dilated left ventricle: the effect of inflow cannula designs. Biomedical Engineering Online. (2016) 15(Suppl 2):136. doi: 10.1186/s12938-016-0262-2

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