Engineering better clinical outcomes: Improving abdominal aortic aneurysm risk assessment through patient-specific computational modelling

设计更好的临床结果：通过患者特定的计算模型改善腹主动脉瘤风险评估

• 批准号: nhmrc : 1063986
• 负责人: Prof Karol Miller
• 金额: $ 28.5万
• 依托单位: The University of Western Australia
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Project Grants
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://researchdata.edu.au/engineering-better-clinical-computational-modelling/455096
• 关键词: Engineering; better; clinical; outcomes; Improving

Approximately 7% of elderly men have an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and AAA rupture usually results in death. This research aims to improve the limitations in AAA risk assessment. Currently, the maximum diameter determines if the aneurysm is at risk of rupture. However, many small AAAs rupture and 75% of larger ones never burst. Using computer models generated from medical imaging can substantially improve the understanding of rupture risk, therefore, saving lives and reducing health care costs.

大约7%的老年男性患有腹主动脉瘤(AAA)，AAA破裂通常会导致死亡。本研究旨在改善AAA风险评估的局限性。目前，最大直径决定了动脉瘤是否有破裂的风险。然而，许多小型AAA破裂，75%的较大AAA从未破裂。使用医学成像产生的计算机模型可以大大提高对破裂风险的了解，因此，拯救生命和降低医疗成本。