Towards intrasurgical simulation of blood flow in aneurysms in the human brain
Description
In developed nations vascular diseases are a major public
health issue. The LSS is computing the haemodynamics in
weakened blood vessels, in particular aneurysms, in
cooperation with the Clinic for Neuroradiology in Erlangen,
the Institute of Fluid Mechanics and the Chair for Pattern
Recognition. The simulation is done using a Lattice Boltzmann
method, which is adapted to the special geometry. Resulting
data like pressure, velocity and shear stress may give
information about development and treatment of these
aneurysms. To accelerate the simulation, the method is
investigated on supercomputers, amongst others on the cell
processor, which is known from Playstation 3.
