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Wang H, Hu T, Leng Y, de Lucio M, Gomez H. MPET 2: a multi-network poroelastic and transport theory for predicting absorption of monoclonal antibodies delivered by subcutaneous injection. Drug Deliv 2023; 30:2163003. [PMID: 36625437 PMCID: PMC9851243 DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2022.2163003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Subcutaneous injection of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) has attracted much attention in the pharmaceutical industry. During the injection, the drug is delivered into the tissue producing strong fluid flow and tissue deformation. While data indicate that the drug is initially uptaken by the lymphatic system due to the large size of mAbs, many of the critical absorption processes that occur at the injection site remain poorly understood. Here, we propose the MPET2 approach, a multi-network poroelastic and transport model to predict the absorption of mAbs during and after subcutaneous injection. Our model is based on physical principles of tissue biomechanics and fluid dynamics. The subcutaneous tissue is modeled as a mixture of three compartments, i.e., interstitial tissue, blood vessels, and lymphatic vessels, with each compartment modeled as a porous medium. The proposed biomechanical model describes tissue deformation, fluid flow in each compartment, the fluid exchanges between compartments, the absorption of mAbs in blood vessels and lymphatic vessels, as well as the transport of mAbs in each compartment. We used our model to perform a high-fidelity simulation of an injection of mAbs in subcutaneous tissue and evaluated the long-term drug absorption. Our model results show good agreement with experimental data in depot clearance tests.
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- Hao Wang
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA,CONTACT Hao Wang School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA,Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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Zingaro A, Vergara C, Dede' L, Regazzoni F, Quarteroni A. A comprehensive mathematical model for cardiac perfusion. Sci Rep 2023; 13:14220. [PMID: 37648701 PMCID: PMC10469210 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-41312-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023] Open
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The aim of this paper is to introduce a new mathematical model that simulates myocardial blood perfusion that accounts for multiscale and multiphysics features. Our model incorporates cardiac electrophysiology, active and passive mechanics, hemodynamics, valve modeling, and a multicompartment Darcy model of perfusion. We consider a fully coupled electromechanical model of the left heart that provides input for a fully coupled Navier-Stokes-Darcy Model for myocardial perfusion. The fluid dynamics problem is modeled in a left heart geometry that includes large epicardial coronaries, while the multicompartment Darcy model is set in a biventricular myocardium. Using a realistic and detailed cardiac geometry, our simulations demonstrate the biophysical fidelity of our model in describing cardiac perfusion. Specifically, we successfully validate the model reliability by comparing in-silico coronary flow rates and average myocardial blood flow with clinically established values ranges reported in relevant literature. Additionally, we investigate the impact of a regurgitant aortic valve on myocardial perfusion, and our results indicate a reduction in myocardial perfusion due to blood flow taken away by the left ventricle during diastole. To the best of our knowledge, our work represents the first instance where electromechanics, hemodynamics, and perfusion are integrated into a single computational framework.
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- Alberto Zingaro
- MOX, Laboratory of Modeling and Scientific Computing, Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy.
- ELEM Biotech S.L., Pier01, Palau de Mar, Plaça Pau Vila, 1, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.
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- LaBS, Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- MOX, Laboratory of Modeling and Scientific Computing, Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- MOX, Laboratory of Modeling and Scientific Computing, Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- MOX, Laboratory of Modeling and Scientific Computing, Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
- Institute of Mathematics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Station 8, Av. Piccard, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Alves JR, Berg LA, Gaio ED, Rocha BM, de Queiroz RAB, dos Santos RW. A Hybrid Model for Cardiac Perfusion: Coupling a Discrete Coronary Arterial Tree Model with a Continuous Porous-Media Flow Model of the Myocardium. ENTROPY (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 25:1229. [PMID: 37628259 PMCID: PMC10453666 DOI: 10.3390/e25081229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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This paper presents a novel hybrid approach for the computational modeling of cardiac perfusion, combining a discrete model of the coronary arterial tree with a continuous porous-media flow model of the myocardium. The constructive constrained optimization (CCO) algorithm captures the detailed topology and geometry of the coronary arterial tree network, while Poiseuille's law governs blood flow within this network. Contrast agent dynamics, crucial for cardiac MRI perfusion assessment, are modeled using reaction-advection-diffusion equations within the porous-media framework. The model incorporates fibrosis-contrast agent interactions and considers contrast agent recirculation to simulate myocardial infarction and Gadolinium-based late-enhancement MRI findings. Numerical experiments simulate various scenarios, including normal perfusion, endocardial ischemia resulting from stenosis, and myocardial infarction. The results demonstrate the model's efficacy in establishing the relationship between blood flow and stenosis in the coronary arterial tree and contrast agent dynamics and perfusion in the myocardial tissue. The hybrid model enables the integration of information from two different exams: computational fractional flow reserve (cFFR) measurements of the heart coronaries obtained from CT scans and heart perfusion and anatomy derived from MRI scans. The cFFR data can be integrated with the discrete arterial tree, while cardiac perfusion MRI data can be incorporated into the continuum part of the model. This integration enhances clinical understanding and treatment strategies for managing cardiovascular disease.
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- João R. Alves
- Department of Education, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Mato Grosso, Sorriso 78895-150, Brazil
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- Department of Computer Science, Federal Univesity of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora 36036-900, Brazil (E.D.G.); (B.M.R.)
- Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK
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- Department of Computer Science, Federal Univesity of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora 36036-900, Brazil (E.D.G.); (B.M.R.)
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- Department of Computer Science, Federal Univesity of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora 36036-900, Brazil (E.D.G.); (B.M.R.)
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- Department of Computer Science, Federal Univesity of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora 36036-900, Brazil (E.D.G.); (B.M.R.)
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Kim HJ, Rundfeldt HC, Lee I, Lee S. Tissue-growth-based synthetic tree generation and perfusion simulation. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2023; 22:1095-1112. [PMID: 36869925 PMCID: PMC10167159 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-023-01703-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023]
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Biological tissues receive oxygen and nutrients from blood vessels by developing an indispensable supply and demand relationship with the blood vessels. We implemented a synthetic tree generation algorithm by considering the interactions between the tissues and blood vessels. We first segment major arteries using medical image data and synthetic trees are generated originating from these segmented arteries. They grow into extensive networks of small vessels to fill the supplied tissues and satisfy the metabolic demand of them. Further, the algorithm is optimized to be executed in parallel without affecting the generated tree volumes. The generated vascular trees are used to simulate blood perfusion in the tissues by performing multiscale blood flow simulations. One-dimensional blood flow equations were used to solve for blood flow and pressure in the generated vascular trees and Darcy flow equations were solved for blood perfusion in the tissues using a porous model assumption. Both equations are coupled at terminal segments explicitly. The proposed methods were applied to idealized models with different tree resolutions and metabolic demands for validation. The methods demonstrated that realistic synthetic trees were generated with significantly less computational expense compared to that of a constrained constructive optimization method. The methods were then applied to cerebrovascular arteries supplying a human brain and coronary arteries supplying the left and right ventricles to demonstrate the capabilities of the proposed methods. The proposed methods can be utilized to quantify tissue perfusion and predict areas prone to ischemia in patient-specific geometries.
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- Hyun Jin Kim
- Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
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- Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
- Mechanical Engineering, Kalsruhe Institute of Technology, Kaiserstraße 12, Karlsruhe, 76131, Germany
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- Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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Effects of Pulsed Radiofrequency Source on Cardiac Ablation. Bioengineering (Basel) 2023; 10:bioengineering10020227. [PMID: 36829721 PMCID: PMC9952521 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering10020227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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Heart arrhythmia is caused by abnormal electrical conduction through the myocardium, which in some cases, can be treated with heat. One of the challenges is to reduce temperature peaks-by still guaranteeing an efficient treatment where desired-to avoid any healthy tissue damage or any electrical issues within the device employed. A solution might be employing pulsed heat, in which thermal dose is given to the tissue with a variation in time. In this work, pulsed heat is used to modulate induced temperature fields during radiofrequency cardiac ablation. A three-dimensional model of the myocardium, catheter and blood flow is developed. Porous media, heat conduction and Navier-Stokes equations are, respectively, employed for each of the investigated domains. For the electric field, solved via Laplace equation, it is assumed that the electrode is at a fixed voltage. Pulsed heating effects are considered with a cosine time-variable pulsed function for the fixed voltage by constraining the product between this variable and time. Different dimensionless frequencies are considered and applied for different blood flow velocity and sustained voltages. Results are presented for different pulsed conditions to establish if a reasonable ablation zone, known from the obtained temperature profiles, can be obtained without any undesired temperature peaks.
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Di Gregorio S, Vergara C, Pelagi GM, Baggiano A, Zunino P, Guglielmo M, Fusini L, Muscogiuri G, Rossi A, Rabbat MG, Quarteroni A, Pontone G. Prediction of myocardial blood flow under stress conditions by means of a computational model. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2022; 49:1894-1905. [PMID: 34984502 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-021-05667-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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PURPOSE Quantification of myocardial blood flow (MBF) and functional assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD) can be achieved through stress myocardial computed tomography perfusion (stress-CTP). This requires an additional scan after the resting coronary computed tomography angiography (cCTA) and administration of an intravenous stressor. This complex protocol has limited reproducibility and non-negligible side effects for the patient. We aim to mitigate these drawbacks by proposing a computational model able to reproduce MBF maps. METHODS A computational perfusion model was used to reproduce MBF maps. The model parameters were estimated by using information from cCTA and MBF measured from stress-CTP (MBFCTP) maps. The relative error between the computational MBF under stress conditions (MBFCOMP) and MBFCTP was evaluated to assess the accuracy of the proposed computational model. RESULTS Applying our method to 9 patients (4 control subjects without ischemia vs 5 patients with myocardial ischemia), we found an excellent agreement between the values of MBFCOMP and MBFCTP. In all patients, the relative error was below 8% over all the myocardium, with an average-in-space value below 4%. CONCLUSION The results of this pilot work demonstrate the accuracy and reliability of the proposed computational model in reproducing MBF under stress conditions. This consistency test is a preliminary step in the framework of a more ambitious project which is currently under investigation, i.e., the construction of a computational tool able to predict MBF avoiding the stress protocol and potential side effects while reducing radiation exposure.
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- LABS, Dipartimento Di Chimica, Materiali E Ingegneria Chimica, Politecnico Di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Imaging Department, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCSS, Via C. Parea 4, 20138, Milan, Italy
- Department of Clinical Science and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento Di Matematica, MOX, Politecnico Di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Imaging Department, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCSS, Via C. Parea 4, 20138, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Imaging Department, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCSS, Via C. Parea 4, 20138, Milan, Italy
- Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Imaging Department, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCSS, Via C. Parea 4, 20138, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
- Center for Molecular Cardiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL, USA
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- Dipartimento Di Matematica, MOX, Politecnico Di Milano, Milan, Italy
- Institute of Mathematics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Cardiovascular Imaging Department, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCSS, Via C. Parea 4, 20138, Milan, Italy.
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In silico trials for treatment of acute ischemic stroke: Design and implementation. Comput Biol Med 2021; 137:104802. [PMID: 34520989 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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An in silico trial simulates a disease and its corresponding therapies on a cohort of virtual patients to support the development and evaluation of medical devices, drugs, and treatment. In silico trials have the potential to refine, reduce cost, and partially replace current in vivo studies, namely clinical trials and animal testing. We present the design and implementation of an in silico trial for treatment of acute ischemic stroke. We propose an event-based modelling approach for the simulation of a disease and injury, where changes to the state of the system (the events) are assumed to be instantaneous. Using this approach we are able to combine a diverse set of models, spanning multiple time scales, to model acute ischemic stroke, treatment, and resulting brain tissue injury. The in silico trial is designed to be modular to aid development and reproducibility. It provides a comprehensive framework for application to any potential in silico trial. A statistical population model is used to generate cohorts of virtual patients. Patient functional outcomes are also predicted with a statistical model, using treatment and injury results and the patient's clinical parameters. We demonstrate the functionality of the event-based modelling approach and trial framework by running proof of concept in silico trials. The proof of concept trials simulate the same cohort of patients twice: once with successful treatment (successful recanalisation) and once with unsuccessful treatment (unsuccessful treatment). Ways to overcome some of the challenges and difficulties in setting up such an in silico trial are discussed, such as validation and computational limitations.
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Bakir AA, Al Abed A, Lovell NH, Dokos S. Multiphysics computational modelling of the cardiac ventricles. IEEE Rev Biomed Eng 2021; 15:309-324. [PMID: 34185649 DOI: 10.1109/rbme.2021.3093042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Development of cardiac multiphysics models has progressed significantly over the decades and simulations combining multiple physics interactions have become increasingly common. In this review, we summarise the progress in this field focusing on various approaches of integrating ventricular structures. electrophysiological properties, myocardial mechanics, as well as incorporating blood hemodynamics and the circulatory system. Common coupling approaches are discussed and compared, including the advantages and shortcomings of each. Currently used strategies for patient-specific implementations are highlighted and potential future improvements considered.
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Józsa TI, Padmos RM, El-Bouri WK, Hoekstra AG, Payne SJ. On the Sensitivity Analysis of Porous Finite Element Models for Cerebral Perfusion Estimation. Ann Biomed Eng 2021; 49:3647-3665. [PMID: 34155569 PMCID: PMC8671295 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-021-02808-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Computational physiological models are promising tools to enhance the design of clinical trials and to assist in decision making. Organ-scale haemodynamic models are gaining popularity to evaluate perfusion in a virtual environment both in healthy and diseased patients. Recently, the principles of verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification of such physiological models have been laid down to ensure safe applications of engineering software in the medical device industry. The present study sets out to establish guidelines for the usage of a three-dimensional steady state porous cerebral perfusion model of the human brain following principles detailed in the verification and validation (V&V 40) standard of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The model relies on the finite element method and has been developed specifically to estimate how brain perfusion is altered in ischaemic stroke patients before, during, and after treatments. Simulations are compared with exact analytical solutions and a thorough sensitivity analysis is presented covering every numerical and physiological model parameter. The results suggest that such porous models can approximate blood pressure and perfusion distributions reliably even on a coarse grid with first order elements. On the other hand, higher order elements are essential to mitigate errors in volumetric blood flow rate estimation through cortical surface regions. Matching the volumetric flow rate corresponding to major cerebral arteries is identified as a validation milestone. It is found that inlet velocity boundary conditions are hard to obtain and that constant pressure inlet boundary conditions are feasible alternatives. A one-dimensional model is presented which can serve as a computationally inexpensive replacement of the three-dimensional brain model to ease parameter optimisation, sensitivity analyses and uncertainty quantification. The findings of the present study can be generalised to organ-scale porous perfusion models. The results increase the applicability of computational tools regarding treatment development for stroke and other cerebrovascular conditions.
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- T I Józsa
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PJ, UK.
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- Computational Science Laboratory, Institute for Informatics, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam, 1098 XH, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PJ, UK.,Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Liverpool, Thomas Drive, Liverpool, L14 3PE, UK
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- Computational Science Laboratory, Institute for Informatics, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam, 1098 XH, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PJ, UK
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Richardson SIH, Gao H, Cox J, Janiczek R, Griffith BE, Berry C, Luo X. A poroelastic immersed finite element framework for modelling cardiac perfusion and fluid-structure interaction. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2021; 37:e3446. [PMID: 33559359 PMCID: PMC8274593 DOI: 10.1002/cnm.3446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Modern approaches to modelling cardiac perfusion now commonly describe the myocardium using the framework of poroelasticity. Cardiac tissue can be described as a saturated porous medium composed of the pore fluid (blood) and the skeleton (myocytes and collagen scaffold). In previous studies fluid-structure interaction in the heart has been treated in a variety of ways, but in most cases, the myocardium is assumed to be a hyperelastic fibre-reinforced material. Conversely, models that treat the myocardium as a poroelastic material typically neglect interactions between the myocardium and intracardiac blood flow. This work presents a poroelastic immersed finite element framework to model left ventricular dynamics in a three-phase poroelastic system composed of the pore blood fluid, the skeleton, and the chamber fluid. We benchmark our approach by examining a pair of prototypical poroelastic formations using a simple cubic geometry considered in the prior work by Chapelle et al (2010). This cubic model also enables us to compare the differences between system behaviour when using isotropic and anisotropic material models for the skeleton. With this framework, we also simulate the poroelastic dynamics of a three-dimensional left ventricle, in which the myocardium is described by the Holzapfel-Ogden law. Results obtained using the poroelastic model are compared to those of a corresponding hyperelastic model studied previously. We find that the poroelastic LV behaves differently from the hyperelastic LV model. For example, accounting for perfusion results in a smaller diastolic chamber volume, agreeing well with the well-known wall-stiffening effect under perfusion reported previously. Meanwhile differences in systolic function, such as fibre strain in the basal and middle ventricle, are found to be comparatively minor.
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of
Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Departments of Mathematics, Applied Physical Sciences, and
Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina,
USA
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- British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research
Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of
Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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Józsa TI, Padmos RM, Samuels N, El-Bouri WK, Hoekstra AG, Payne SJ. A porous circulation model of the human brain for in silico clinical trials in ischaemic stroke. Interface Focus 2021; 11:20190127. [PMID: 33343874 PMCID: PMC7739914 DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2019.0127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The advancement of ischaemic stroke treatment relies on resource-intensive experiments and clinical trials. In order to improve ischaemic stroke treatments, such as thrombolysis and thrombectomy, we target the development of computational tools for in silico trials which can partially replace these animal and human experiments with fast simulations. This study proposes a model that will serve as part of a predictive unit within an in silico clinical trial estimating patient outcome as a function of treatment. In particular, the present work aims at the development and evaluation of an organ-scale microcirculation model of the human brain for perfusion prediction. The model relies on a three-compartment porous continuum approach. Firstly, a fast and robust method is established to compute the anisotropic permeability tensors representing arterioles and venules. Secondly, vessel encoded arterial spin labelling magnetic resonance imaging and clustering are employed to create an anatomically accurate mapping between the microcirculation and large arteries by identifying superficial perfusion territories. Thirdly, the parameter space of the problem is reduced by analysing the governing equations and experimental data. Fourthly, a parameter optimization is conducted. Finally, simulations are performed with the tuned model to obtain perfusion maps corresponding to an open and an occluded (ischaemic stroke) scenario. The perfusion map in the occluded vessel scenario shows promising qualitative agreement with computed tomography images of a patient with ischaemic stroke caused by large vessel occlusion. The results highlight that in the case of vessel occlusion (i) identifying perfusion territories is essential to capture the location and extent of underperfused regions and (ii) anisotropic permeability tensors are required to give quantitatively realistic estimation of perfusion change. In the future, the model will be thoroughly validated against experiments.
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- T. I. Józsa
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, UK
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- Computational Science Laboratory, Institute for Informatics, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015 GD, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, UK
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- Computational Science Laboratory, Institute for Informatics, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, UK
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Myocardial Perfusion Simulation for Coronary Artery Disease: A Coupled Patient-Specific Multiscale Model. Ann Biomed Eng 2020; 49:1432-1447. [PMID: 33263155 PMCID: PMC8057976 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-020-02681-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Patient-specific models of blood flow are being used clinically to diagnose and plan treatment for coronary artery disease. A remaining challenge is bridging scales from flow in arteries to the micro-circulation supplying the myocardium. Previously proposed models are descriptive rather than predictive and have not been applied to human data. The goal here is to develop a multiscale patient-specific model enabling blood flow simulation from large coronary arteries to myocardial tissue. Patient vasculatures are segmented from coronary computed tomography angiography data and extended from the image-based model down to the arteriole level using a space-filling forest of synthetic trees. Blood flow is modeled by coupling a 1D model of the coronary arteries to a single-compartment Darcy myocardium model. Simulated results on five patients with non-obstructive coronary artery disease compare overall well to [\documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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Konduri PR, Marquering HA, van Bavel EE, Hoekstra A, Majoie CBLM. In-Silico Trials for Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke. Front Neurol 2020; 11:558125. [PMID: 33041995 PMCID: PMC7525145 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.558125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Despite improved treatment, a large portion of patients with acute ischemic stroke due to a large vessel occlusion have poor functional outcome. Further research exploring novel treatments and better patient selection has therefore been initiated. The feasibility of new treatments and optimized patient selection are commonly tested in extensive and expensive randomized clinical trials. in-silico trials, computer-based simulation of randomized clinical trials, have been proposed to aid clinical trials. In this white paper, we present our vision and approach to set up in-silico trials focusing on treatment and selection of patients with an acute ischemic stroke. The INSIST project (IN-Silico trials for treatment of acute Ischemic STroke, www.insist-h2020.eu) is a collaboration of multiple experts in computational science, cardiovascular biology, biophysics, biomedical engineering, epidemiology, radiology, and neurology. INSIST will generate virtual populations of acute ischemic stroke patients based on anonymized data from the recent stroke trials and registry, and build on the existing and emerging in-silico models for acute ischemic stroke, its treatment (thrombolysis and thrombectomy) and the resulting perfusion changes. These models will be used to design a platform for in-silico trials that will be validated with existing data and be used to provide a proof of concept of the potential efficacy of this emerging technology. The platform will be used for preliminary evaluation of the potential suitability and safety of medication, new thrombectomy device configurations and methods to select patient subpopulations for better treatment outcome. This could allow generating, exploring and refining relavant hypotheses on potential causal pathways (which may follow from the evidence obtained from clinical trials) and improving clinical trial design. Importantly, the findings of the in-silico trials will require validation under the controlled settings of randomized clinical trials.
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- Praneeta R Konduri
- Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Computational Science Lab, Institute for Informatics, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Liver Bioreactor Design Issues of Fluid Flow and Zonation, Fibrosis, and Mechanics: A Computational Perspective. J Funct Biomater 2020; 11:jfb11010013. [PMID: 32121053 PMCID: PMC7151609 DOI: 10.3390/jfb11010013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Tissue engineering, with the goal of repairing or replacing damaged tissue and organs, has continued to make dramatic science-based advances since its origins in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Such advances are always multi-disciplinary in nature, from basic biology and chemistry through physics and mathematics to various engineering and computer fields. This review will focus its attention on two topics critical for tissue engineering liver development: (a) fluid flow, zonation, and drug screening, and (b) biomechanics, tissue stiffness, and fibrosis, all within the context of 3D structures. First, a general overview of various bioreactor designs developed to investigate fluid transport and tissue biomechanics is given. This includes a mention of computational fluid dynamic methods used to optimize and validate these designs. Thereafter, the perspective provided by computer simulations of flow, reactive transport, and biomechanics responses at the scale of the liver lobule and liver tissue is outlined, in addition to how bioreactor-measured properties can be utilized in these models. Here, the fundamental issues of tortuosity and upscaling are highlighted, as well as the role of disease and fibrosis in these issues. Some idealized simulations of the effects of fibrosis on lobule drug transport and mechanics responses are provided to further illustrate these concepts. This review concludes with an outline of some practical applications of tissue engineering advances and how efficient computational upscaling techniques, such as dual continuum modeling, might be used to quantify the transition of bioreactor results to the full liver scale.
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Diem AK, Valen-Sendstad K. Time-Lapsing Perfusion: Proof of Concept of a Novel Method to Study Drug Delivery in Whole Organs. Biophys J 2019; 117:2316-2323. [PMID: 31648790 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Revised: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Perfusion is one of the most important processes maintaining organ health. From a computational perspective, however, perfusion is among the least-studied physiological processes of the heart. The recent development of novel nanoparticle-based targeted cardiac therapy calls for novel simulation methods that can provide insights into the distribution patterns of therapeutic agents within the heart tissue. Additionally, resolving the distribution patterns of perfusion is crucial for gaining a full understanding of the long-term impacts of cardiovascular diseases that can lead to adverse remodeling such as myocardial ischemia and heart failure. In this study, we have developed and used a, to our knowledge, novel particle-tracking-based method to simulate the perfusion-mediated distribution of nanoparticles or other solutes. To model blood flow through perfused tissue, we follow the approach of others and treat the tissue as a porous medium in a continuum model. Classically, solutes are modeled using reaction-advection-diffusion kinetics. However, because of the discrepancy of scales between advection and diffusion in blood vessels, this method becomes practically numerically unstable. Instead, we track a bolus of solutes or nanoparticles using particle tracking based purely on advection in arteries. In capillaries, we employ diffusion kinetics, using an effective diffusion coefficient to mimic capillary blood flow. We first demonstrate the numerical validity and computational efficiency of this method on a two-dimensional benchmark problem. Finally, we demonstrate how the method is used to visualize perfusion patterns of a healthy and ischemic human left ventricle geometry. The efficiency of the method allows for nanoparticle tracking over multiple cardiac cycles using a conventional laptop, providing a framework for the simulation of experimentally relevant timeframes to advance preclinical research.
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- Alexandra K Diem
- Department of Computational Physiology, Simula Research Laboratory, Fornebu, Norway.
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Hodneland E, Hanson E, Sævareid O, Nævdal G, Lundervold A, Šoltészová V, Munthe-Kaas AZ, Deistung A, Reichenbach JR, Nordbotten JM. A new framework for assessing subject-specific whole brain circulation and perfusion using MRI-based measurements and a multi-scale continuous flow model. PLoS Comput Biol 2019; 15:e1007073. [PMID: 31237876 PMCID: PMC6613711 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2018] [Revised: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A large variety of severe medical conditions involve alterations in microvascular circulation. Hence, measurements or simulation of circulation and perfusion has considerable clinical value and can be used for diagnostics, evaluation of treatment efficacy, and for surgical planning. However, the accuracy of traditional tracer kinetic one-compartment models is limited due to scale dependency. As a remedy, we propose a scale invariant mathematical framework for simulating whole brain perfusion. The suggested framework is based on a segmentation of anatomical geometry down to imaging voxel resolution. Large vessels in the arterial and venous network are identified from time-of-flight (ToF) and quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM). Macro-scale flow in the large-vessel-network is accurately modelled using the Hagen-Poiseuille equation, whereas capillary flow is treated as two-compartment porous media flow. Macro-scale flow is coupled with micro-scale flow by a spatially distributing support function in the terminal endings. Perfusion is defined as the transition of fluid from the arterial to the venous compartment. We demonstrate a whole brain simulation of tracer propagation on a realistic geometric model of the human brain, where the model comprises distinct areas of grey and white matter, as well as large vessels in the arterial and venous vascular network. Our proposed framework is an accurate and viable alternative to traditional compartment models, with high relevance for simulation of brain perfusion and also for restoration of field parameters in clinical brain perfusion applications. An accurate simulation of blood-flow in the human brain can be used for improved diagnostics and assignment of personalized treatment regimes. However, current algorithms are limited to simulation of blood flow within tumours only, and in terms of parameter estimation, traditional compartment models have limited accuracy due to lack of spatial connectivity within the models. As a remedy, we propose a data-driven computational fluid dynamics model where the geometric domains for simulation are defined from state-of-the art MR acquisitions enabling a segmentation of large arteries and veins. In the capillary tissue we apply a two-compartment porous media model, where the perfusion is pressure-driven and is defined as the transition of blood from arterial to venous side. In addition, we propose a model for dealing with the intermediate scale problem where the vessels are undetectable and the flow does not adhere to requirements of porous media flow. For this scale, we propose a support function distributing the fluid in a nearby region around the vessel terminals. Combining these elements, we have developed a novel full human brain blood-flow simulator.
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- Erlend Hodneland
- Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, Norway
- Mohn Medical Imaging and Visualization Centre, Department of Radiology, Haukeland Universitetssykehus, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Mohn Medical Imaging and Visualization Centre, Department of Radiology, Haukeland Universitetssykehus, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Mohn Medical Imaging and Visualization Centre, Department of Radiology, Haukeland Universitetssykehus, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Medical Physics Group, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Jena University Hospital - Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
- Department of Neurology, Essen University Hospital, Essen, Germany
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- Medical Physics Group, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Jena University Hospital - Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
- Michael Stifel Center Jena for Data-driven and Simulation Science, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
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Riazy L, Schaeffter T, Olbrich M, Schueler J, von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff F, Niendorf T, Schulz-Menger J. Porous medium 3D flow simulation of contrast media washout in cardiac MRI reflects myocardial injury. Magn Reson Med 2019; 82:775-785. [PMID: 30989720 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.27756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2018] [Revised: 02/07/2019] [Accepted: 03/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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PURPOSE Myocardial blood-flow simulation based on laws of fluid mechanics is a valuable tool for understanding tissue behavior. Our aim is to evaluate the ability of a porous-media flow model approach to reflect disturbed washout of contrast media (CM) from the myocardium as observed by cardiovascular MR. METHODS A coupled advection-diffusion model is used to describe the CM flow in the vascular and extravascular space as separate compartments. Their exchange of CM is controlled by the exchange rate ExR , which in turn determines the washout behavior. We fitted simulations to CM concentration measurements, derived from T1 maps of the midventricular slice. The CM concentration was extracted from 18 patients with myocarditis in the acute phase and during follow-up after 6 months. The results were compared with 18 sex- and age-matched controls. For each subject, the measurements were acquired before and during the first 10 minutes at 5 time points after CM administration, representing CM washout. Image registration was applied to compensate for motion between different time points. RESULTS Eight matched data sets had to be excluded due to low registration quality. Processing was successful in n = 10 matched data sets of acute and healed myocarditis as well as controls. Significant differences in ExR were observed when comparing patients with acute myocarditis to controls (P < .001), to their follow-up (P < .05), and the follow-up to controls (P < .05). CONCLUSION Our study suggests the feasibility of using the proposed porous-medium flow framework for the simulation of pathologic myocardial tissue.
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- Leili Riazy
- Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility, Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany.,DZHK, German Center for Cardiovascular Research, Berlin, Germany.,Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, ECRC, Cardiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Medical Physics and Metrological Information Technology, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin, Germany
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- Medical Physics and Metrological Information Technology, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin, Germany.,Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, ECRC, Cardiology, Berlin, Germany.,Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, HELIOS Klinikum Berlin Buch, Berlin, Germany
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- DZHK, German Center for Cardiovascular Research, Berlin, Germany.,Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, ECRC, Cardiology, Berlin, Germany.,Clinic Agatharied, Department of Cardiology, University of Munich, Hausham, Germany
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- Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility, Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany.,DZHK, German Center for Cardiovascular Research, Berlin, Germany
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- DZHK, German Center for Cardiovascular Research, Berlin, Germany.,Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, ECRC, Cardiology, Berlin, Germany.,Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, HELIOS Klinikum Berlin Buch, Berlin, Germany
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Alves JR, de Queiroz RAB, Bär M, Dos Santos RW. Simulation of the Perfusion of Contrast Agent Used in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance: A Step Toward Non-invasive Cardiac Perfusion Quantification. Front Physiol 2019; 10:177. [PMID: 30949059 PMCID: PMC6436070 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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This work presents a new mathematical model to describe cardiac perfusion in the myocardium as acquired by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) perfusion exams. The combination of first pass (or contrast-enhanced CMR) and late enhancement CMR is a widely used non-invasive exam that can identify abnormal perfused regions of the heart via the use of a contrast agent (CA). The exam provides important information to the diagnosis, management, and prognosis of ischemia and infarct: perfusion on different regions, the status of microvascular structures, the presence of fibrosis, and the relative volume of extracellular space. This information is obtained by inferring the spatiotemporal dynamics of the contrast in the myocardial tissue from the acquired images. The evaluation of these physiological parameters plays an important role in the assessment of myocardial viability. However, the nature of cardiac physiology poses great challenges in the estimation of these parameters. Briefly, these are currently estimated qualitatively via visual inspection of images and comparison of relative brightness between different regions of the heart. Therefore, there is a great urge for techniques that can help to quantify cardiac perfusion. In this work, we propose a new mathematical model based on multidomain flow in porous media. The model is based on a system of partial differential equations. Darcy's law is used to obtain the pressure and velocity distribution. CA dynamics is described by reaction-diffusion-advection equations in the intravascular space and in the interstitial space. The interaction of fibrosis and the CA is also considered. The new model treats the domains as anisotropic media and imposes a closed loop of intravascular flow, which is necessary to reproduce the recirculation of the CA. The model parameters were adjusted to reproduce clinical data. In addition, the model was used to simulate different scenarios: normal perfusion; endocardial ischemia due to stenosis in a coronary artery in the epicardium; and myocardial infarct. Therefore, the computational model was able to correlate anatomical features, stenosis and the presence of fibrosis, with functional ones, cardiac perfusion. Altogether, the results suggest that the model can support the process of non-invasive cardiac perfusion quantification.
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- João R Alves
- Graduate Program in Computational Modeling, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Computational Modeling, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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- Department of Mathematical Modeling and Data Analysis, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin, Germany
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- Graduate Program in Computational Modeling, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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Hanson EA, Sandmann C, Malyshev A, Lundervold A, Modersitzki J, Hodneland E. Estimating the discretization dependent accuracy of perfusion in coupled capillary flow measurements. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0200521. [PMID: 30028854 PMCID: PMC6054386 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2017] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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One-compartment models are widely used to quantify hemodynamic parameters such as perfusion, blood volume and mean transit time. These parameters are routinely used for clinical diagnosis and monitoring of disease development and are thus of high relevance. However, it is known that common estimation techniques are discretization dependent and values can be erroneous. In this paper we present a new model that enables systematic quantification of discretization errors. Specifically, we introduce a continuous flow model for tracer propagation within the capillary tissue, used to evaluate state-of-the-art one-compartment models. We demonstrate that one-compartment models are capable of recovering perfusion accurately when applied to only one compartment, i.e. the whole region of interest. However, substantial overestimation of perfusion occurs when applied to fractions of a compartment. We further provide values of the estimated overestimation for various discretization levels, and also show that overestimation can be observed in real-life applications. Common practice of using compartment models for fractions of tissue violates model assumptions and careful interpretation is needed when using the computed values for diagnosis and treatment planning.
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- Erik A. Hanson
- Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Institute of Mathematics and Image Computing, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Institute of Mathematics and Image Computing, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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Rohan E, Lukeš V, Jonášová A. Modeling of the contrast-enhanced perfusion test in liver based on the multi-compartment flow in porous media. J Math Biol 2018; 77:421-454. [PMID: 29368273 DOI: 10.1007/s00285-018-1209-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2016] [Revised: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The paper deals with modeling the liver perfusion intended to improve quantitative analysis of the tissue scans provided by the contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT). For this purpose, we developed a model of dynamic transport of the contrast fluid through the hierarchies of the perfusion trees. Conceptually, computed time-space distributions of the so-called tissue density can be compared with the measured data obtained from CT; such a modeling feedback can be used for model parameter identification. The blood flow is characterized at several scales for which different models are used. Flows in upper hierarchies represented by larger branching vessels are described using simple 1D models based on the Bernoulli equation extended by correction terms to respect the local pressure losses. To describe flows in smaller vessels and in the tissue parenchyma, we propose a 3D continuum model of porous medium defined in terms of hierarchically matched compartments characterized by hydraulic permeabilities. The 1D models corresponding to the portal and hepatic veins are coupled with the 3D model through point sources, or sinks. The contrast fluid saturation is governed by transport equations adapted for the 1D and 3D flow models. The complex perfusion model has been implemented using the finite element and finite volume methods. We report numerical examples computed for anatomically relevant geometries of the liver organ and of the principal vascular trees. The simulated tissue density corresponding to the CT examination output reflects a pathology modeled as a localized permeability deficiency.
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- Eduard Rohan
- NTIS - New Technologies for the Information Society, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia, Univerzitní 8, 30614, Pilsen, Czech Republic.
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- NTIS - New Technologies for the Information Society, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia, Univerzitní 8, 30614, Pilsen, Czech Republic
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- NTIS - New Technologies for the Information Society, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia, Univerzitní 8, 30614, Pilsen, Czech Republic
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Chabiniok R, Wang VY, Hadjicharalambous M, Asner L, Lee J, Sermesant M, Kuhl E, Young AA, Moireau P, Nash MP, Chapelle D, Nordsletten DA. Multiphysics and multiscale modelling, data-model fusion and integration of organ physiology in the clinic: ventricular cardiac mechanics. Interface Focus 2016; 6:20150083. [PMID: 27051509 PMCID: PMC4759748 DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2015.0083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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With heart and cardiovascular diseases continually challenging healthcare systems worldwide, translating basic research on cardiac (patho)physiology into clinical care is essential. Exacerbating this already extensive challenge is the complexity of the heart, relying on its hierarchical structure and function to maintain cardiovascular flow. Computational modelling has been proposed and actively pursued as a tool for accelerating research and translation. Allowing exploration of the relationships between physics, multiscale mechanisms and function, computational modelling provides a platform for improving our understanding of the heart. Further integration of experimental and clinical data through data assimilation and parameter estimation techniques is bringing computational models closer to use in routine clinical practice. This article reviews developments in computational cardiac modelling and how their integration with medical imaging data is providing new pathways for translational cardiac modelling.
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- Radomir Chabiniok
- Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
- Inria and Paris-Saclay University, Bâtiment Alan Turing, 1 rue Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves, Campus de l'Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau 91120, France
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, 70 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Inria, Asclepios team, 2004 route des Lucioles BP 93, Sophia Antipolis Cedex 06902, France
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- Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, 496 Lomita Mall, Durand 217, Stanford, CA 94306, USA
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, 70 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Inria and Paris-Saclay University, Bâtiment Alan Turing, 1 rue Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves, Campus de l'Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau 91120, France
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, 70 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand
- Department of Engineering Science, University of Auckland, 70 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Inria and Paris-Saclay University, Bâtiment Alan Turing, 1 rue Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves, Campus de l'Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau 91120, France
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- Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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Lee J, Nordsletten D, Cookson A, Rivolo S, Smith N. In silico coronary wave intensity analysis: application of an integrated one-dimensional and poromechanical model of cardiac perfusion. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2016; 15:1535-1555. [PMID: 27008197 PMCID: PMC5106513 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-016-0782-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2015] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Coronary wave intensity analysis (cWIA) is a diagnostic technique based on invasive measurement of coronary pressure and velocity waveforms. The theory of WIA allows the forward- and backward-propagating coronary waves to be separated and attributed to their origin and timing, thus serving as a sensitive and specific cardiac functional indicator. In recent years, an increasing number of clinical studies have begun to establish associations between changes in specific waves and various diseases of myocardium and perfusion. These studies are, however, currently confined to a trial-and-error approach and are subject to technological limitations which may confound accurate interpretations. In this work, we have developed a biophysically based cardiac perfusion model which incorporates full ventricular–aortic–coronary coupling. This was achieved by integrating our previous work on one-dimensional modelling of vascular flow and poroelastic perfusion within an active myocardial mechanics framework. Extensive parameterisation was performed, yielding a close agreement with physiological levels of global coronary and myocardial function as well as experimentally observed cumulative wave intensity magnitudes. Results indicate a strong dependence of the backward suction wave on QRS duration and vascular resistance, the forward pushing wave on the rate of myocyte tension development, and the late forward pushing wave on the aortic valve dynamics. These findings are not only consistent with experimental observations, but offer a greater specificity to the wave-originating mechanisms, thus demonstrating the value of the integrated model as a tool for clinical investigation.
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- Jack Lee
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, 3rd Floor, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, 3rd Floor, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, 3rd Floor, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, 3rd Floor, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, 3rd Floor, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
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Clinical Diagnostic Biomarkers from the Personalization of Computational Models of Cardiac Physiology. Ann Biomed Eng 2015; 44:46-57. [PMID: 26399986 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-015-1439-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 08/25/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Computational modelling of the heart is rapidly advancing to the point of clinical utility. However, the difficulty of parameterizing and validating models from clinical data indicates that the routine application of truly predictive models remains a significant challenge. We argue there is significant value in an intermediate step towards prediction. This step is the use of biophysically based models to extract clinically useful information from existing patient data. Specifically in this paper we review methodologies for applying modelling frameworks for this goal in the areas of quantifying cardiac anatomy, estimating myocardial stiffness and optimizing measurements of coronary perfusion. Using these indicative examples of the general overarching approach, we finally discuss the value, ongoing challenges and future potential for applying biophysically based modelling in the clinical context.
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Sinclair MD, Lee J, Cookson AN, Rivolo S, Hyde ER, Smith NP. Measurement and modeling of coronary blood flow. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-SYSTEMS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2015; 7:335-56. [PMID: 26123867 DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.1309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2015] [Revised: 05/19/2015] [Accepted: 05/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
Ischemic heart disease that comprises both coronary artery disease and microvascular disease is the single greatest cause of death globally. In this context, enhancing our understanding of the interaction of coronary structure and function is not only fundamental for advancing basic physiology but also crucial for identifying new targets for treating these diseases. A central challenge for understanding coronary blood flow is that coronary structure and function exhibit different behaviors across a range of spatial and temporal scales. While experimental studies have sought to understand this feature by isolating specific mechanisms, in tandem, computational modeling is increasingly also providing a unique framework to integrate mechanistic behaviors across different scales. In addition, clinical methods for assessing coronary disease severity are continuously being informed and updated by findings in basic physiology. Coupling these technologies, computational modeling of the coronary circulation is emerging as a bridge between the experimental and clinical domains, providing a framework to integrate imaging and measurements from multiple sources with mathematical descriptions of governing physical laws. State-of-the-art computational modeling is being used to combine mechanistic models with data to provide new insight into coronary physiology, optimization of medical technologies, and new applications to guide clinical practice.
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- Matthew D Sinclair
- Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, British Heart Foundation (BHF) Centre of Excellence, King's College London, London, UK
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- Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, British Heart Foundation (BHF) Centre of Excellence, King's College London, London, UK
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- Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, British Heart Foundation (BHF) Centre of Excellence, King's College London, London, UK
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- Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, British Heart Foundation (BHF) Centre of Excellence, King's College London, London, UK
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- Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, British Heart Foundation (BHF) Centre of Excellence, King's College London, London, UK
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- Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, British Heart Foundation (BHF) Centre of Excellence, King's College London, London, UK.,Department of Engineering, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Cattaneo L, Zunino P. A computational model of drug delivery through microcirculation to compare different tumor treatments. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2014; 30:1347-71. [PMID: 25044965 DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2014] [Revised: 05/06/2014] [Accepted: 06/30/2014] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Starting from the fundamental laws of filtration and transport in biological tissues, we develop a computational model to capture the interplay between blood perfusion, fluid exchange with the interstitial volume, mass transport in the capillary bed, through the capillary walls and into the surrounding tissue. These phenomena are accounted at the microscale level, where capillaries and interstitial volume are viewed as two separate regions. The capillaries are described as a network of vessels carrying blood flow. We apply the model to study drug delivery to tumors. The model can be adapted to compare various treatment options. In particular, we consider delivery using drug bolus injection and nanoparticle injection into the blood stream. The computational approach is suitable for a systematic quantification of the treatment performance, enabling the analysis of interstitial drug concentration levels, metabolization rates and cell surviving fractions. Our study suggests that for the treatment based on bolus injection, the drug dose is not optimally delivered to the tumor interstitial volume. Using nanoparticles as intermediate drug carriers overrides the shortcomings of the previous delivery approach. This work shows that the proposed theoretical and computational framework represents a promising tool to compare the efficacy of different cancer treatments.
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- L Cattaneo
- MOX, Department of Mathematics "Francesco Brioschi", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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Cookson AN, Lee J, Michler C, Chabiniok R, Hyde E, Nordsletten D, Smith NP. A spatially-distributed computational model to quantify behaviour of contrast agents in MR perfusion imaging. Med Image Anal 2014; 18:1200-16. [PMID: 25103922 PMCID: PMC4156310 DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2014.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2013] [Revised: 07/07/2014] [Accepted: 07/08/2014] [Indexed: 10/30/2022]
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Contrast agent enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) perfusion imaging provides an early, non-invasive indication of defects in the coronary circulation. However, the large variation of contrast agent properties, physiological state and imaging protocols means that optimisation of image acquisition is difficult to achieve. This situation motivates the development of a computational framework that, in turn, enables the efficient mapping of this parameter space to provide valuable information for optimisation of perfusion imaging in the clinical context. For this purpose a single-compartment porous medium model of capillary blood flow is developed which is coupled with a scalar transport model, to characterise the behaviour of both blood-pool and freely-diffusive contrast agents characterised by their ability to diffuse through the capillary wall into the extra-cellular space. A parameter space study is performed on the nondimensionalised equations using a 2D model for both healthy and diseased myocardium, examining the sensitivity of system behaviour to Peclet number, Damköhler number (Da), diffusivity ratio and fluid porosity. Assuming a linear MR signal response model, sample concentration time series data are calculated, and the sensitivity of clinically-relevant properties of these signals to the model parameters is quantified. Both upslope and peak values display significant non-monotonic behaviour with regard to the Damköhler number, with these properties showing a high degree of sensitivity in the parameter range relevant to contrast agents currently in use. However, the results suggest that signal upslope is the more robust and discerning metric for perfusion quantification, in particular for correlating with perfusion defect size. Finally, the results were examined in the context of nonlinear signal response, flow quantification via Fermi deconvolution and perfusion reserve index, which demonstrated that there is no single best set of contrast agent parameters, instead the contrast agents should be tailored to the specific imaging protocol and post-processing method to be used.
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- A N Cookson
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Division of Imaging Sciences & Biomedical Engineering, St. Thomas' Hospital, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Division of Imaging Sciences & Biomedical Engineering, St. Thomas' Hospital, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Division of Imaging Sciences & Biomedical Engineering, St. Thomas' Hospital, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Division of Imaging Sciences & Biomedical Engineering, St. Thomas' Hospital, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QD, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Division of Imaging Sciences & Biomedical Engineering, St. Thomas' Hospital, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Division of Imaging Sciences & Biomedical Engineering, St. Thomas' Hospital, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK.
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Schwen LO, Krauss M, Niederalt C, Gremse F, Kiessling F, Schenk A, Preusser T, Kuepfer L. Spatio-temporal simulation of first pass drug perfusion in the liver. PLoS Comput Biol 2014; 10:e1003499. [PMID: 24625393 PMCID: PMC3952820 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2013] [Accepted: 01/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The liver is the central organ for detoxification of xenobiotics in the body. In pharmacokinetic modeling, hepatic metabolization capacity is typically quantified as hepatic clearance computed as degradation in well-stirred compartments. This is an accurate mechanistic description once a quasi-equilibrium between blood and surrounding tissue is established. However, this model structure cannot be used to simulate spatio-temporal distribution during the first instants after drug injection. In this paper, we introduce a new spatially resolved model to simulate first pass perfusion of compounds within the naive liver. The model is based on vascular structures obtained from computed tomography as well as physiologically based mass transfer descriptions obtained from pharmacokinetic modeling. The physiological architecture of hepatic tissue in our model is governed by both vascular geometry and the composition of the connecting hepatic tissue. In particular, we here consider locally distributed mass flow in liver tissue instead of considering well-stirred compartments. Experimentally, the model structure corresponds to an isolated perfused liver and provides an ideal platform to address first pass effects and questions of hepatic heterogeneity. The model was evaluated for three exemplary compounds covering key aspects of perfusion, distribution and metabolization within the liver. As pathophysiological states we considered the influence of steatosis and carbon tetrachloride-induced liver necrosis on total hepatic distribution and metabolic capacity. Notably, we found that our computational predictions are in qualitative agreement with previously published experimental data. The simulation results provide an unprecedented level of detail in compound concentration profiles during first pass perfusion, both spatio-temporally in liver tissue itself and temporally in the outflowing blood. We expect our model to be the foundation of further spatially resolved models of the liver in the future.
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- Computational Systems Biology, Bayer Technology Services, Leverkusen, Germany
- Aachen Institute for Advanced Study in Computational Engineering Sciences, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Computational Systems Biology, Bayer Technology Services, Leverkusen, Germany
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- Experimental Molecular Imaging, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Experimental Molecular Imaging, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Fraunhofer MEVIS, Bremen, Germany
- School of Engineering and Science, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany
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- Computational Systems Biology, Bayer Technology Services, Leverkusen, Germany
- Institute of Applied Microbiology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Lamata P, Sinclair M, Kerfoot E, Lee A, Crozier A, Blazevic B, Land S, Lewandowski AJ, Barber D, Niederer S, Smith N. An automatic service for the personalization of ventricular cardiac meshes. J R Soc Interface 2013; 11:20131023. [PMID: 24335562 PMCID: PMC3869175 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.1023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Computational cardiac physiology has great potential to improve the management of cardiovascular diseases. One of the main bottlenecks in this field is the customization of the computational model to the anatomical and physiological status of the patient. We present a fully automatic service for the geometrical personalization of cardiac ventricular meshes with high-order interpolation from segmented images. The method is versatile (able to work with different species and disease conditions) and robust (fully automatic results fulfilling accuracy and quality requirements in 87% of 255 cases). Results also illustrate the capability to minimize the impact of segmentation errors, to overcome the sparse resolution of dynamic studies and to remove the sometimes unnecessary anatomical detail of papillary and trabecular structures. The smooth meshes produced can be used to simulate cardiac function, and in particular mechanics, or can be used as diagnostic descriptors of anatomical shape by cardiologists. This fully automatic service is deployed in a cloud infrastructure, and has been made available and accessible to the scientific community.
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- Pablo Lamata
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, King's College of London, St Thomas' Hospital, , London SE1 7EH, UK
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Hyde ER, Cookson AN, Lee J, Michler C, Goyal A, Sochi T, Chabiniok R, Sinclair M, Nordsletten DA, Spaan J, van den Wijngaard JPHM, Siebes M, Smith NP. Multi-Scale Parameterisation of a Myocardial Perfusion Model Using Whole-Organ Arterial Networks. Ann Biomed Eng 2013; 42:797-811. [DOI: 10.1007/s10439-013-0951-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2013] [Accepted: 11/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Parameterisation of multi-scale continuum perfusion models from discrete vascular networks. Med Biol Eng Comput 2013; 51:557-70. [PMID: 23345008 PMCID: PMC3627025 DOI: 10.1007/s11517-012-1025-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2012] [Accepted: 12/21/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Experimental data and advanced imaging techniques are increasingly enabling the extraction of detailed vascular anatomy from biological tissues. Incorporation of anatomical data within perfusion models is non-trivial, due to heterogeneous vessel density and disparate radii scales. Furthermore, previous idealised networks have assumed a spatially repeating motif or periodic canonical cell, thereby allowing for a flow solution via homogenisation. However, such periodicity is not observed throughout anatomical networks. In this study, we apply various spatial averaging methods to discrete vascular geometries in order to parameterise a continuum model of perfusion. Specifically, a multi-compartment Darcy model was used to provide vascular scale separation for the fluid flow. Permeability tensor fields were derived from both synthetic and anatomically realistic networks using (1) porosity-scaled isotropic, (2) Huyghe and Van Campen, and (3) projected-PCA methods. The Darcy pressure fields were compared via a root-mean-square error metric to an averaged Poiseuille pressure solution over the same domain. The method of Huyghe and Van Campen performed better than the other two methods in all simulations, even for relatively coarse networks. Furthermore, inter-compartment volumetric flux fields, determined using the spatially averaged discrete flux per unit pressure difference, were shown to be accurate across a range of pressure boundary conditions. This work justifies the application of continuum flow models to characterise perfusion resulting from flow in an underlying vascular network.
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