Abstract #2729
Investigation of spatial flow profile pattern in branch pulmonary arteries after repaired Tetralogy of Fallot
Pei-Hsin Wu 1 , Hsiao-Wen Chung 1 , Cheng-Chieh Cheng 1 , Ming-Ting Wu 2 , and Cheng-Wen Ko 3
1
Institute of Biomedical Electronics and
Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei,
Taiwan,
2
Department
of Radiology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital,
Kaohsiung, Taiwan,
3
Department
of Computer Science and Engineering, National Sun
Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Qualitative investigation of repaired Tetralogy of
Fallot (ToF) shows that the forward and regurgitant flow
could occur in the pulmonary arteries and be recorded
simultaneously in any single cardiac phase. In this
study, we use the index of eccentricity and onset of
regurgitant flow to quantify the spatial flow profile
and the degree of flow inhomogeneity for both branch
pulmonary arteries. The results show that these spatial
indices could reflect the heterogeneous flow profile
pattern quantitatively, and thus may find useful
applications in post-surgical evaluations.
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