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ABSTRACT

Predicting Plaque Progression Using Patient-Specific Fluid-Structure-Interaction Models Based on IVUS and OCT Images with Follow-Up

Xiaoya Guo¹, Dalin Tang^1,2,*, David Molony³, Chun Yang², Habib Samady³, Jie Zheng⁴, Gary S. Mintz⁵, Akiko Maehara⁵, Jian Zhu⁶, Genshan Ma⁶, Mitsuaki Matsumura⁵, Don P. Giddens^3,7

1 Department of Mathematics, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China.
2 Mathematical Sciences Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 01609 USA.
3 Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30307, USA.
4 Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
5 The Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10022, USA.
6 Department of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
7 The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
* Corresponding Author: Dalin Tang. Email: dtang@wpi.edu.