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Session Overview
Location: Kilsyth Suite
Date: Sunday, 30/June/2024
9:00am
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11:30am
Pre-course: Constitutive modelling of soft tissues
Location: Kilsyth Suite
Chair: Xiaoyu Luo
Chair: Hao Gao
Chair: Namshad Thekkethil

The course will primarily concentrate on establishing the fundamentals of biomechanics and constitutive modeling within biological tissues. It will lay the groundwork for understanding tensor algebra, continuum mechanics, and nonlinear elasticity, progressing to the study of constitutive modeling in biological solids. Additionally, the course will touch on topics such as computational methods, growth, and remodeling, with a consistent emphasis on theoretical analysis and mathematical modeling integrated into the curriculum.

3:30pm
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6:00pm
Pre-course: Constitutive modelling of hard tissues
Location: Kilsyth Suite
Chair: Philippe Zysset
Chair: Uwe Wolfram

Hard tissues are fascinating materials that are found in very different contexts. Bone tissue, for example, was amongst the first investigated tissues in biomechanics. However, there remain a number of clinical challenges due to skeletal diseases that affect millions of patients worldwide. Cold-water corals on the other hand are vitally important to sustain marine biodiversity but are threatened by ocean acidification, desoxygenation, and rising water temperatures.

We use these seemingly disparate example tissues to illustrate how constitutive models across several length scales can be developed and used to address emerging research questions. We will also give an overview of computational and experimental methods that are helpful in developing such models.

Date: Monday, 01/July/2024
9:45am
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10:55am
6.1: Cardiovascular biomechanics I: Large vessel biomechanics I
Location: Kilsyth Suite
Chair: Francesco Sturla
Chair: Ali Cagdas AKYILDIZ
 
9:45am - 9:55am

FLUID DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF AAA PHANTOMS VIA LED-PIV IN A HYBRID MOCK CIRCULATORY LOOP

E. Vignali, E. Gasparotti, F. Bardi, S. Avril, S. Celi



9:55am - 10:05am

MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF DISSECTED AORTIC MEDIA UNDER RADIAL TENSILE LOADING

S. Sherifova, S. Avril, G. A. Holzapfel



10:05am - 10:15am

ROLE OF PHYSICS-INFORMED CONSTRAINTS IN DEEP LEARNING REAL-TIME ACCESSMENT OF 3D VASCULAR FLUID DYNAMICS

W. X. Chan, W. Ding, B. Li, H. S. Wong, C. H. Yap



10:15am - 10:25am

VALIDATING A COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK TO PREDICT THE 3D ARTERIAL MECHANICAL ENVIRONMENT

C. C. Berggren, Y. J. Wang, A. Rogers, L. H. Timmins



10:25am - 10:35am

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF CT-DERIVED CALCIFIC AND WALL SHEAR STRESS PATTERNS IN DISEASED CORONARY ARTERIES

M. Lodi Rizzini, A. Tajima, T. Mizukami, C. Collet, C. Chiastra, U. Morbiducci, D. Gallo



10:35am - 10:45am

ASSOCIATION OF SHEAR STRESS AND WALL STRESS WITH PLAQUE PROGRESSION IN ATHEROSCLEROTIC CAROTID ARTERIES

A. Tziotziou, Y. Liu, A. van der Steen, A. van der Lugt, J. Wentzel, D. Bos, A. Akyildiz

11:00am
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1:00pm
6.2: Cardiovascular biomechanics II: Large vessel biomechanics II
Location: Kilsyth Suite
Chair: Stephane Avril
Chair: Anna Pukaluk
 
11:00am - 11:20am

ENDOTHELIAL SHEAR STRESS IN VASCULAR DISEASE: INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE PLATO’S CAVE

U. Morbiducci



11:20am - 11:30am

DEVELOPMENT OF AN EX VIVO PORCINE AORTIC ANEURYSM MODEL USING LOCALISED ELASTIN DEGRADATION

M. D. Laffey, B. Tornifoglio, C. Lally



11:30am - 11:40am

AORTIC ANEURYSMS AND ARCH CONFIGURATION: PATIENT-SPECIFIC FLOW STUDIES

K. Bates, J. Pressacco, K. Lachapelle, R. L. Leask



11:40am - 11:50am

SPECIMEN WIDTH AFFECTS VASCULAR TISSUE INTEGRITY OF IN-VITRO CHARACTERIZATION STUDIES

M. Alloisio, J. J. Wolffs, T. C. Gasser



11:50am - 12:00pm

QUANTIFYING THE MOTION OF PATIENT-SPECIFIC WALL AND INLET DYNAMICS OF ASCENDING THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS

R. Valente, A. Mourato, M. Brito, J. Xavier, S. Avril, A. Tomás, J. Fragata



12:00pm - 12:10pm

TEVAR VERSUS OPEN AORTIC ARCH INTERVENTION IN EX VIVO PERFUSED HUMAN THORACIC AORTAS

M. Yusefi, E. Agrafiotis, G. Sommer, H. Mächler, G. A. Holzapfel



12:10pm - 12:20pm

LARGE-SCALE FLOW COHERENCE IN THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE ASCENDING AORTA: A 4D FLOW MRI STUDY

K. Calò, A. Guala, V. Mazzi, M. Lodi Rizzini, L. Dux-Santoy, J. Rodriguez-Palomars, S. Scarsoglio, L. Ridolfi, D. Gallo, U. Morbiducci



12:20pm - 12:30pm

ULTRASOUND-BASED ANALYSIS OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM GROWTH: CO-EVOLUTION OF STRAIN, CURVATURE AND THROMBUS

M. Thirugnanasambandam, B. Zikken, E. Maas, A. Nievergeld, M. van Sambeek, R. Lopata



12:30pm - 12:40pm

EX-VIVO BIOMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PORCINE CAVA VEIN

E. Luzietti, M. Schembri, A. Pascaner, F. Auricchio, M. Conti, A. Caimi



12:40pm - 12:50pm

FALSE LUMEN HEMODYNAMICS IN AORTIC DISSECTION-AN IN VITRO STUDY USING PIV AND PATIENT-SPECIFIC FLEXIBLE PHANTOMS

S. Balabani, Q. Li, V. Diaz



12:50pm - 1:00pm

AN IN-VIVO IMAGE-BASED CHARACTERIZATION OF THE KINEMATICS AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE AORTA

F. Dell'Agnello, E. Vignali, S. Guidi, F. Cademartiri, S. Celi

4:20pm
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5:30pm
6.3: Cardiovascular implants and devices I: Life support systems and vascular access
Location: Kilsyth Suite
Chair: Andrea Remuzzi
Chair: Michael Neidlin
 
4:20pm - 4:30pm

NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE BLOOD FLOW AFTER DIFFERENT TREATMENTS FOR HIGH-FLOW VASCULAR ACCESS STEAL SYNDROME

M. Brand, A. Michael Aricha, G. Marom



4:30pm - 4:40pm

HEMODYNAMICS PERFORMANCE IMPACTED BY THE PULSATILITY OF VENO-ARTERIAL EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION INPUT

H. Moradi, F. Rikhtegar Nezami, F. van de Vosse, W. Huberts



4:40pm - 4:50pm

IN SILICO STUDY OF THE OUTCOME OF PARTIAL LVAD SUPPORT IN PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY

J. Nagawa, K. L. Sack, M. Sirry, S. Kraus, N. B. Ntusi, N. H. Davies, T. Franz



4:50pm - 5:00pm

IN SILICO INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF LVAD CANNULA DESIGN AND PUMP CHARACTERISTICS ON LV HEMODYNAMICS

C. Léger, A. Straccia, C. Mahr, A. Aliseda, F. Chassagne



5:00pm - 5:10pm

IMPACT OF GAP SIZES ON ROTARY BLOOD PUMP PERFORMANCE DURING LOW FLOW OPERATION CONDITIONS

L. Fischer, I. Yen, U. Steinseifer, P.-L. Hsu, M. Neidlin



5:10pm - 5:20pm

BIOINSPIRED FIBRE-REINFORCED POLYMER HEART VALVE LEAFLETS

C. E. Hughes, R. D Johnston, E. Campbell, C. Lally



5:20pm - 5:30pm

PARAMETRIC STUDY ON CENTRAL VENOUS LINES FOR PAEDIATRIC DIALYSIS: TOWARDS DESIGN OPTIMISATION

C. Bruno, I. Simcock, S. Schievano, R. Shroff, C. Capelli

Date: Tuesday, 02/July/2024
9:45am
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10:55am
6.4: Cardiovascular implants and devices II: Biomechanics of valve implantation
Location: Kilsyth Suite
Chair: Francesco Migliavacca
Chair: Elie Hachem
 
9:45am - 9:55am

MODELING GROWTH AND REMODELING OF TISSUE-ENGINEERED IMPLANTS WITH APPLICATION TO BIOHYBRID HEART VALVES

M. Sesa, H. Holthusen, L. Lamm, C. Böhm, T. Brepols, S. Jockenhövel, S. Reese



9:55am - 10:05am

PRECLINICAL BIOMECHANICAL ASSESSMENT OF HEART VALVE PROSTHESES THROUGH FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION ANALYSIS

M. Arminio, D. Carbonaro, S. Zambon, A. Morena, L. Peroni, A. Scattina, U. Morbiducci, D. Gallo, C. Chiastra



10:05am - 10:15am

A COMPUTATIONAL HEMODYNAMICS STUDY OF TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION DEGENERATION

L. Crugnola, L. Fusini, I. Fumagalli, G. Luraghi, G. Pontone, C. Vergara



10:15am - 10:25am

BEYOND STRUCTURAL LOADS: INSIGHTS INTO TAVR DEVICE LEAFLET DYNAMICS THROUGH FSI MODELING

D. Armfield, S. Boxwell, S. Cook, S. Conway, M. Celikin, P. Cardiff



10:25am - 10:35am

FLUID-SOLID INTERACTION ANALYSIS OF RESTORATIVE HEART VALVE IMPLANTED IN A PEDIATRIC PATIENT

F. Crascì, T. Turgut, M. Bastron, D. Ozturk, S. Pasta



10:35am - 10:45am

TAVI IN THE BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE: EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF DEVICE OVERSIZING IN VITRO AND IN VIVO

S. Boxwell, D. Armfield, W. Hickey, S. Cook, P. Kelly, P. Cardiff, L. McNamara

11:00am
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1:00pm
6.5: Cardiovascular implants and devices III: Stents and balloons
Location: Kilsyth Suite
Chair: Sean McGinty
Chair: Gerhard Sommer
 
11:00am - 11:10am

DESIGNING THE MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF NITINOL VASCULAR STENTS BY ADJUSTING THE HEAT TREATMENT SETTINGS

D. Carbonaro, E. Villa, D. Gallo, U. Morbiducci, A. L. Audenino, C. Chiastra



11:10am - 11:20am

DRUG-COATED BALLOONS IN SILICO: REPRODUCING THE DRUG RELEASE TEST

A. Fensterseifer Schmidt, K. Oldroyd, A. Aggarwal, S. McGinty



11:20am - 11:30am

COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION OF RESPIRATION-INDUCED DEFORMATION OF STENTED RENAL ARTERIES IN AAA PATIENTS AFTER EVAR

A. Corvo, F. Chassagne, A. Aliseda, S. Haulon, S. Avril



11:30am - 11:40am

EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERISATION AND COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING OF ASPIRATION CATHETER FOR THROMBECTOMY

V. Fregona, G. Luraghi, A. Cervo, A. Macera, G. Pero, M. Piano, F. Migliavacca, J. F. Rodriguez Matas



11:40am - 11:50am

INVESTIGATION OF ULTRASTRUCTURAL VASCULAR DAMAGE AFTER IN VITRO STENTING

G. Sommer, M. Pranger, D. Kolb, G. Leitinger, G. Holzapfel



11:50am - 12:00pm

IMPACT OF CORONARY STENT SHAPE AND THICKNESS ON THE HEMODYNAMIC-RELATED RISK OF IN-STENT RESTENOSIS

G. De Nisco, M. Lodi Rizzini, D. Gallo, U. Morbiducci, C. Chiastra



12:00pm - 12:10pm

COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF BIORESORBABLE BRAIDED STENTS IN BELOW-THE-KNEE ARTERIES

A. Lucchetti, L. Juhl, M. Biehl, T. Gries, T. J. Vaughan



12:10pm - 12:20pm

MODELING OF DRUG-COATED BALLOON INFLATION CORRELATES DRUG TRANSFER WITH VESSEL GEOMETRY AND BALLOON DESIGN

E. Stratakos, R. Tzafriri, B. Muraj, J. Budrewicz, A. M. Spognardi, L. Tscheuschner, F. Sigala, L. Petrini, G. Pennati



12:20pm - 12:30pm

VIRTUAL FLOW_DIVERTER GENERATION AND EMBEDDING FOR PREDICTING POST-TREATMENT HEMODYNAMICS

P. Jeken Rico, A. Goetz, E. Hachem



12:30pm - 12:40pm

DESIGN OF A MILLI-FLUIDIC CHAMBER FOR ASSESSING DRUG LOSS DUE TO BLOOD FLOW DURING DRUG-COATED BALLOON TRACKING

D. Zantzas, M. Akrami-Hasan-Kohal, F. Berti, T. Sharkawi, E. Bianchi, G. Pennati



12:40pm - 12:50pm

PATIENT‑SPECIFC FLOW DIVERTER STENT FOR UNRUPTURED INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSMS

E. Hachem, P. Meliga, J. Viquerat, A. Larcher, V. Lannelongue, A. Goetz, P. Jeken-Rico

4:20pm
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5:30pm
6.6: Cardiovascular biomechanics IV: Tissue engineering - misc.
Location: Kilsyth Suite
Chair: Nele Famaey
Chair: Mirunalini Thirugnanasambandam
 
4:20pm - 4:40pm

COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF GROWTH AND REMODELING TO ADVANCE CARDIOVASCULAR TISSUE ENGINEERING

S. Loerakker



4:40pm - 4:50pm

MULTISCALE CELL AND TISSUE MECHANICS IN TISSUE MORPHOGENESIS WITH SUBCELLULAR ELEMENT MODELING

S. Chattaraj, J. Zimmermann, F. Pasqualini



4:50pm - 5:00pm

ROLE OF ENDOTHELIAL SHAPE AND ORIENTATIONAL ORDER IN ANGIOGENIC SPROUTING

S. Barrasa-Ramos, M. Hautefeuille, C. Blanch-Mercader, A. I. Barakat



5:00pm - 5:10pm

EVALUATION OF MOLECULAR DAMAGE IN COLLAGEN FIBERS CAUSED BY MACROSCOPIC EXTENSION OF THE AORTIC WALL

A. Pukaluk, D. Haspinger, H. Wolinski, S. Eidenhammer, C. Viertler, G. A. Holzapfel



5:10pm - 5:20pm

AN IMAGE-BASED MULTISCALE SIMULATION FRAMEWORK OF NEOINTIMAL HYPERPLASIA IN LOWER-LIMB VEIN GRAFTS

F. Ninno, C. Chiastra, F. Donadoni, A. Dardik, D. Strosberg, E. Aboian, J. Tsui, S. Balabani, V. Díaz-Zuccarini



5:20pm - 5:30pm

NUMERICAL PIPELINE TO SIMULATE DRUG-COATED BALLOON TREATMENT IN ATHEROSCLEROTIC PERIPHERAL ARTERIES

E. Stretti, E. Stratakos, G. Pennati, S. Psarras, V. Kostopoulos

Date: Wednesday, 03/July/2024
9:45am
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10:55am
6.7: Computational methods for cardiovascular applications IV
Location: Kilsyth Suite
Chair: Vanessa Diaz
Chair: Michele Conti
 
9:45am - 9:55am

AN IMAGE-BASED IN-SILICO PIPELINE FOR THE PATIENT-SPECIFIC SIMULATION OF THE LEFT ATRIAL HEMODYNAMICS

B. M. Fanni, I. Verdirame, K. Capellini, F. Dell'Agnello, M. Mazzoli, S. Garzia, F. Danielli, F. Berti, G. Pennati, L. Petrini, S. Celi



9:55am - 10:05am

UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF WALL DEFORMATIONS ON INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM HAEMODYNAMICS : A 101-CASE STUDY

A. Goetz, P. Jeken-Rico, U. Pelissier, E. Hachem



10:05am - 10:15am

PATIENT-SPECIFIC LONG-TERM PREDICTION OF TRANSCATHETER EDGE-TO-EDGE MITRAL VALVE REPAIR

N. Simonian, S. Vakamudi, M. Pirwitz, M. Sacks, T. West



10:15am - 10:25am

A VALIDATED FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING CORONARY FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE WITH STEADY CFD

L. Mariani, G. Nannini, S. Saitta, R. Maragna, A. Baggiano, G. Pontone, A. Redaelli



10:25am - 10:35am

PATIENT-SPECIFIC IMAGE-BASED CFD MODELLING OF THE RIGHT HEART FOR THE REPAIRED TETRALOGY OF FALLOT

F. Renzi, G. Puppini, G. B. Luciani, C. Vergara

11:00am
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1:00pm
6.8: Computational methods for cardiovascular applications V
Location: Kilsyth Suite
Chair: Simona Celi
Chair: Choon Hwai Yap
 
11:00am - 11:20am

TOWARDS PERSONALISED DIGITAL TWINS TO PREDICT RESPONSES TO THERAPEUTIC ACTIONS: APPLICATION TO AORTIC DISEASES

F. Migliavacca



11:20am - 11:30am

PHYSICS-BASED SHAPE-EDITING OF VIRTUAL PATIENT-SPECIFIC VASCULAR ANATOMIES

J. Pham, F. Kong, D. James, A. Marsden



11:30am - 11:40am

IN-SILICO ENHANCED CHRONIC ANIMAL EXPERIMENT TO INVESTIGATE CARDIOVASCULAR IMPLANTABLE DEVICES

J. Brüning, A. Schlief, P. Yevtushenko, J. Romberg, A. Arndt, L. Goubergrits



11:40am - 11:50am

PREDICTION OF CORONARY FLOW AND MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION DISTRIBUTION THROUGH A PERSONALIZED COMPUTATIONAL MODEL

G. Montino Pelagi, A. Baggiano, F. Regazzoni, J. Huyghe, M. Alì, S. Bertoluzza, G. Pontone, G. Valbusa, C. Vergara



11:50am - 12:00pm

GENERATION OF A VIRTUAL POPULATION OF CORONARY ARTERIES THROUGH STATISTICAL SHAPE MODELLING

B. Griffo, M. Lodi Rizzini, D. Gallo, A. Candreva, C. Chiastra, C. Collet, B. De Bruyne, U. Morbiducci, A. Aldieri



12:00pm - 12:10pm

DEVELOPMENT OF A 0D DIGITAL TWIN FOR ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF VASCULAR GRAFT ON EX-VIVO PORCINE AORTAS

G. Formenton, M. Schembri, A. Pascaner, T. Mandigers, J. de Kort, S. Trimarchi, M. Conti, F. Auricchio, A. Caimi



12:10pm - 12:20pm

FINITE ELEMENT MODELING TO SUPPORT PATIENT-SPECIFIC PLANNING OF PULMONARY ARTERY PRE-STENTING

D. Astori, A. Caimi, F. Sturla, F. Secchi, L. Giugno, A. Redaelli, M. Carminati, E. Votta



12:20pm - 12:30pm

TWO-PHASE BLOOD MODEL FOR INVESTIGATING HEMATOCRIT HETEROGENEITY IN BLOOD OXYGENATOR FIBER BUNDLES

G. Poletti, R. Gómez Bardón, G. Dubini, G. Pennati



12:30pm - 12:40pm

A COMPUTATIONAL MODEL OF CHEMICALLY AND MECHANICALLY INDUCED THROMBUS FORMATION

G. Cardillo, A. I. Barakat

4:30pm
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5:40pm
6.9: Ergonomics and occupational biomechanics + humanoid robotics and mechatronics
Location: Kilsyth Suite
Chair: Margit Gföhler
Chair: Georgios Aronis
 
4:30pm - 4:40pm

EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF AGING SIMULATION GLOVES ON HAND FUNCTION

E. H. Lüleci, A. Kedgley



4:40pm - 4:50pm

AN ACTIVE INSOLE SYSTEM TO NORMALISE PLANTAR LOADING USING FINITE ELEMENT DRIVEN SOFT HYDRAULIC ACTUATORS

J. Shuang, L. Li, A. Haron, D. Crosby, G. J Massey, C. Lin, F. L Bowling, N. D Reeves, M. Mansoubi, H. Dawes, G. Cooper, A. Weightman



4:50pm - 5:00pm

INFORMING THE INDUSTRIAL AND CLINICAL APPLICATION OF POPULATION-BASED FOOT STATISTICAL SHAPE MODELS

Q. Mei, J. Fernandez, Y. Gu



5:00pm - 5:10pm

A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN TO REDUCE THE RISK OF PRESSURE ULCERS FROM COMPLEX SPINAL SURGERY

L. Li, J. Shuang, C. Lin, Y. Tang, S. Watson, G. Smurhwaite, J. Large, A. Weightman, G. Cooper



5:10pm - 5:20pm

UNDERSTANDING THE BIOMECHANICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PENNATION ANGLE USING A PEANO-HASEL ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE

Z. Liu, G. Cooper, A. Weightman



5:20pm - 5:30pm

LATCH MEDIATED POWER MODULATION FOR BIOINSPIRED ARITIFICAL MUSCLE-TENDON COMPLEX

H. McAleese, A. Weightman, G. Cooper



5:30pm - 5:40pm

EFFECT OF UPPER LIMB EXOSKELETON ON MUSCULAR ACTIVITY OF THE USER

G. Aronis, M. Gföhler, T. Angeli


 
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