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. 2017 Mar 21;16:35. doi: 10.1186/s12938-017-0326-y

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Procedural flow charts for medical imaging, geometrical reconstruction, and high-performance computing of hemodynamics parameters. This systematic approach performs medical imaging, which can facilitate the 3D model reconstruction (a) and computational fluid dynamics of cardiovascular structures (b). Data retrieval and anatomical reconstruction based on medical imaging generate a geometrical model of the cardiovascular structure. There are a few stages, such as volume or surface rendering to prepare these medical image slices for 3D geometrical construction of the organ or artery of interest. Then, using the anatomical model for surgical assisted applications, we may even implement the measurement of boundary conditions and using it to perform the numerical simulation based on the anatomical reconstructed model is performed. The predicted data from simulated flows are visualized, and useful hemodynamics indicators are extracted for analysis in the final stage