Analysis of morphological and hemodynamical indexes in abdominal aortic aneurysms as preliminary indicators of intraluminal thrombus deposition.

In this paper, we study the correlation between the wall shear stress, a hemodynamical index derived from numerical simulations, and an new index MFA-ILT for the characterization of intraluminal thrombus (ILT) in the presence of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Based on the processing of medical images, we define our index MFA-ILT by projecting onto lumen surface a measure of the ILT thickness. From the physical point of view, hemodynamical indexes describe the mechanical stimuli at which the luminal surface of the vessel wall is subject to, due to blood flow.

AngioLab--a software tool for morphological analysis and endovascular treatment planning of intracranial aneurysms.

Determining whether and how an intracranial aneurysm should be treated is a tough decision that clinicians face everyday. Emerging computational tools could help clinicians analyze clinical data and make these decisions. AngioLab is a single graphical user interface, developed on top of the open source framework GIMIAS, that integrates some of the latest image analysis and computational modeling tools for intracranial aneurysms.