Hemodynamics inside the human heart
Research goal
The aim of the project is to provide a fundamental understanding of the hemodynamics inside human heart by means of MRI/Ultrasound based CFD simulations. The MRI based CFD simulations have the capability to reconstruct patient-specific simulation models of the heart. Such models can provide us a deeper understanding of the complex flow phenomenon and provide us with flow details which cannot be supplied by medical imaging alone.
Left: The geometry of the simplified aortic root with bi-leaflet mechanical valve. Right: (1) The stream-wise velocity contour on the central plane; (2) Stream-wise velocity contour on two chosen planes; (3) Vorticity contour on the central plane.
Researcher
Project leader
Cooperations
Erasmus Medical Center
Leiden University Medical Center
Funded by
ZonMw
The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research & Development
China Scholarship Council (CSC)