Table 2.
Commonly used computational fluid dynamic software platforms
| Commercial/ open source | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|
| ANSYS fluent | Commercial | Excellent user-interfaces and more technical support, but offer less control over the process |
| STAR-CMM+ | ||
| COMSOL | ||
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| OpenFoam | Open source | Require a high level of expertise to ensure appropriate implementation, but provide the necessary tools to customize the computational procedure.a |
| SimVascular | ||
| Crimson | ||
a
SimVascular113 provides various plug-ins that allow implementation of appropriate lumped parameter models, and tutorials on how to run coronary simulations.