Fig 1. Summary of the combined approach process.

Controlled blood flow experiments are performed to form thrombi in real-time (i). These thrombi are reconstructed into a 3D surface (ii) and time-corrected (iii) to account for the duration it takes to image a thrombus. Time-correcting the thrombi allows for accurate growth rates to be calculated and spatially mapped (iv). Flow experiments (v) are completed to determine the detailed flow properties (vi).