A method for preoperative, non-invasive risk-estimation of vessel occlusion during neuroradiological or neurosurgical treatment is introduced. It is based upon a computational time-continuous, pulsatile, nonlinear and individual simulation of hemodynamical interactions within intracranial vessels. Thereby, risky invasive diagnostics should be replaced.
Print ISSN: 0178-2312
Volume: 53, 12/2005
Pages: 581 - 588