Blood Flow

Abstract

Computational methods can be used to simulate blood flow and vessel dynamics, test hypotheses of disease formation under controlled conditions, and evaluate devices that have not yet been built and treatments that have not yet been implemented. In this chapter, we review computational methods for quantifying blood flow velocity and pressure fields in human arteries. These methods include numerical solutions used to compute blood flow based on lumped parameter, linear, and nonlinear one‐dimensional and three‐dimensional models of blood flow. Computational models can be idealized or constructed from imaging data and applications include improved design of surgical procedures and patient‐specific preoperative planning.