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Supercomputer simulates whole-body blood flow

17-Mar-2016

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Uses a 3D representation of every artery that is 1mm across or wider.

Compares extremely well with real-world flow measurements

Aim is to test how different interventions in cardiovascular disease might affect the system more widely.

In future could simulate the progress of single cancer cells through the bloodstream.

COMMENT: and with a faster computer could be speeded up to see the impact over decades without having to wait

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Amanda Randles

Alfred Winborne Mordecai and Victoria Stover Mordecai Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University.

David Frakes

Associate Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Federal research facility in Livermore, California.

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Digital Modeling