METHOD FOR SIMULATING BLOOD FLOW IN THE CEREBRAL VASCULAR TREE

摘要

The invention relates to a method for simulating the blood flow in the cerebral vascular tree, comprisingthe steps of: Providing medical image data of at least a region of the cerebral vascular tree,extracting a model of said region of the cerebral vascular tree in the form of a planar graph using said medical image data, and automatically calculating velocities, perfusion pressures of the blood in said model of the cerebral vascular tree using a nodal analysis. This is to 1. calculate a stroke risk score of an individual patient for the future and 2. to simulate different treatment options and their respective benefits and risks. Further, the invention relates to a corresponding computer program and a corresponding system.