Pipeline Sizing Based on Computer Simulation

摘要

Flow-diversion treatment of cerebral aneurysms with the Pipeline Embolization Device (Covidien, Irvine, California) has been around for nearly 13 years, yet we are still struggling with some fundamental issues, such as optimal device-size selection and optimal flow diversion (ie, which aneurysms need >1 device for a cure, and how we can identify those aneurysms).