Open AccessEvaluation of flow velocities after carotid artery stenting through split spectrum Doppler optical coherence tomography and computational fluid dynamics modeling
Author(s) -
Barry Vuong,
Helen Genis,
Ronnie Wong,
Joel Ramjist,
Jamil Jivraj,
Hamza Farooq,
Cuiru Sun,
Victor X. D. Yang
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
biomedical optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.362
H-Index - 86
ISSN - 2156-7085
DOI - 10.1364/boe.5.004405
Subject(s) - optical coherence tomography , hemodynamics , blood flow , doppler effect , stent , flow velocity , computational fluid dynamics , biomedical engineering , internal carotid artery , bifurcation , common carotid artery , medicine , coronary artery disease , radiology , flow (mathematics) , cardiology , carotid arteries , physics , mechanics , nonlinear system , astronomy , quantum mechanics
Hemodynamics plays a critical role in the development of atherosclerosis, specifically in regions of curved vasculature such as bifurcations exhibiting irregular blood flow profiles. Carotid atherosclerotic disease can be intervened by stent implantation, but this may result in greater alterations to local blood flow and consequently further complications. This study demonstrates the use of a variant of Doppler optical coherence tomography (DOCT) known as split spectrum DOCT (ssDOCT) to evaluate hemodynamic patterns both before and after stent implantation in the bifurcation junction in the internal carotid artery (ICA). Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models were constructed to simulate blood velocity profiles and compared to the findings achieved through ssDOCT images. Both methods demonstrated noticeable alterations in hemodynamic patterns following stent implantation, with features such as slow velocity regions at the neck of the bifurcation and recirculation zones at the stent struts. Strong correlation between CFD models and ssDOCT images demonstrate the potential of ssDOCT imaging in the optimization of stent implantation in the clinical setting.