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The role of computational fluid dynamics in the management of unruptured intracranial aneurysms: a clinicians' view
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Author:
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Singh, Pankai K.; Marzo, Alberto; Coley, Stuart C.; Berti, Guntram; Bijlenga, Philippe; Lawford, Patricia V.; Villa-Uriol, Maria-Cruz; McCormack, Keith M.; Patel, Umang J.; Hose, D. Rodney; Rufenacht, Daniel A.; Frangi Caregnato, Alejandro
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Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
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Objective: The importance of hemodynamics in the etiopathogenesis of intracranial aneurysms (IAs) is widely accepted./nComputational fluid dynamics (CFD) is being used increasingly for hemodynamic predictions. However, alogn with the/ncontinuing development and validation of these tools, it is imperative to collect the opinion of the clinicians. Methods: A workshop/non CFD was conducted during the European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT) Teaching Course,/nLisbon, Portugal. 36 delegates, mostly clinicians, performed supervised CFD analysis for an IA, using the @neuFuse software/ndeveloped within the European project @neurIST. Feedback on the workshop was collected and analyzed. The performance/nwas assessed on a scale of 1 to 4 and, compared with experts’ performance. Results: Current dilemmas in the management of/nunruptured IAs remained the most important motivating factor to attend the workshop and majority of participants showed/ninterest in participating in a multicentric trial. The participants achieved an average score of 2.52 (range 0–4) which was 63% (range 0–100%) of an expert user. Conclusions: Although participants showed a manifest interest in CFD, there was a clear lack of/nawareness concerning the role of hemodynamics in the etiopathogenesis of IAs and the use of CFD in this context. More efforts/ntherefore are required to enhance understanding of the clinicians in the subject. |
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The authors would like to thank the European Commission,/nVI Framework Program, Priority 2, Information Society/nComputational Intelligence and Neuroscience 11/nTechnologies, a European Public Funded Organization,/nfor funding @neurIST Project (2) (www.aneurist.org) and/nallowing this study (Research Grant no. IST-FP6-027703). The funding was provided in the form of financial support/nto first two authors along with the arrangement of necessary/nresources to conduct the workshop. |
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-Aneurismes cerebrals -- Etiologia -Medicina -- Investigació -- Informàtica -Hemodinàmica -Computational fluid dynamics -etiopathogenesis -hemodynamic prediction -Intracranial aneurysms -ESMINT -@neurIST project -@neuFuse |
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Copyright © 2009 Pankaj K. Singh et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Article Article - Published version |
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Hindawi
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