Introduction of numerical simulation being applied to the study of aneurysm treatment with flow-diverting stent

摘要

Intracranial aneurysms (IAs) account for a large portion of cerebrovascular disorders and can be treated with flow-diverting (FD) stents. To aid the treating clinicians with determination of a favourable treatment plan, we adopted numerical simulation methods to the optimisation of FD treatment, including the design optimisation of FD stent wire structure, as well as the optimisation of FD stent treatment procedure. Our simulation results suggest that both stent design and stent deployment may drastically affect the FD treatment outcomes; numerical simulation prior to the real treatment may therefore assist the treating clinicians in predicting the treatment outcomes.