Prediction of respiratory function after lobectomy and stenting by using computer simulation

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24700457
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Biomedical engineering/Biological material science
• Research Institution: Yamaguchi University
• Principal Investigator: HIRANO Yasushi 山口大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (90324459)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 肺葉切除術 / ステント留置術 / コンピュータシミュレーション / 流体シミュレーション / 有限要素法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, I developed (1) a method to predict respiratory function after lobectomy, (2) a method to predict respiratory function after stenting in the case that respiratory function is to be expected as low after virtual lobectomy, and (3) a method to predict respiratory function after stenting in the case that respiratory function became low after lobectomy as preoperative CT images as input images.

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