A Realistic Coronary Artery Phantom for Particle Image Velocimetry

Subtitle: Featuring Injection-Molded Inclusions and Multiple Layers

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Brunette, J. | Mongrain, R. | Tardif, J. C.

Affiliations: Montreal Heart Institute, Montréal, Québec, Canada | McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract: Myocardial infarction results from the rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque, which occurs in response to both mechanical stress and inflammatory processes. In order experimentally observe flow into atherosclerotic coronary artery morphologies, a novel technique for molding realistic compliant phantom featuring injection-molded inclusions and multiple layers has been developed. This transparent phantom allows for particle image velocimetry (PIV) flow analysis and can supply experimental data to validate computational fluid dynamics algorithms and hypothesis.

Keywords: Coronary Artery, Phantom, Plaque Rupture, Biomechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, PIV

Journal: Journal of Visualization, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 241-248, 2004