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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2020
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
John Erik Pandolfino, Wilmette, IL (US);
Neelesh Ashok Patankar, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Sourav Halder, Evanston, IL (US);
Shashank Acharya, Evanston, IL (US);
Peter James Kahrilas, Chicago, IL (US);
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Abstract
Flow through tubular organs (e.g., the esophagus) is analyzed based on fluid mechanics analysis of medical images. Using computational fluid dynamics, a reduced-order model is constructed and implemented to predict flow rate and fluid pressure developed inside flexible tubular organs inside the body. As one non-limiting example, the constructed model can be applied to analyze esophageal transport using fluoroscopy image sequences to predict flow rate, pressure, esophagus wall stiffness, and active relaxation.