Elizabeth Janus Nett1,
Leonardo Rivera1, Sylvana Garca-Rodrguez2, Alejandro
Roldn-Alzate3, Oliver Wieben1, 3, Kevin M.
Johnson1
1Medical
Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States; 2Mechanical
Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States; 3Radiology,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
In this study, we compared 4D Flow MRI pressure measurements in a stenosis phantom with pressure catheter measurements and computation fluid dynamics (CFD). Pressure gradients calculated from 4D PC MRI data were comparable to those obtained from pressure probe and CFD. Pressures differences calculated using the Navier-Stokes and Bernoulli methods were also compared for 4D Flow and CFD data and differences as large as 18% were found.