Near-wall estimation of turbulent kinetic energy using 4D flow MRI permits assessment of relative maps of turbulent wall shear stress, though direct estimation remains challenging due to spatial resolution limits.
May enable relative tWSS assessment via TKE in 4D flow MRI; leaves open direct quantification and human translation.
PURPOSE: To explore the use of MR-estimated turbulence quantities for the assessment of turbulent flow effects on the vessel wall. METHODS: Numerical velocity data for two patient-derived models was obtained using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for two physiological flow rates. The four-dimensional (4D) Flow MRI measurements were simulated at three different spatial resolutions and used to investigate the estimation of turbulent wall shear stress (tWSS) using the intravoxel standard deviation (IVSD) of velocity and turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) estimated near the vessel wall. RESULTS: = 0.90). Maps of near-wall TKE have strong visual correspondence to tWSS. CONCLUSION: Near-wall estimation of TKE permits assessment of relative maps of tWSS, but direct estimation of tWSS is challenging due to limitations in spatial resolution. Assessment of tWSS and near-wall TKE may open new avenues for analysis of different pathologies. Magn Reson Med 77:2310-2319, 2017.
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