# 35: Computational Model of Porcine Neonatal Heart for Congenital Heart Disease Research
Project ID:
35
Team Members:
Anura Shrestha, Jessica Lim
Faculty Advisor(s):
Jun Liao
Department:
Bioengineering
Project Type:
REU
Title:
Computational Model of Porcine Neonatal Heart for Congenital Heart Disease Research
Abstract:
Congenital heart disease (CHD) often requires surgical intervention. A lack of thorough understanding of the biomechanical behavior of the neonatal heart causes relatively poor short- and long-term outcomes of the repairing of/implants in the hearts. 3D modeling of the neonatal porcine heart will be pursued in collaboration with the Radiology Department at UT Southwestern Medical Center. We will create a model using computed tomography data scanned from neonatal porcine heart and ScanIP software. We will also obtain tissue properties from the neonatal porcine tissues. The 3D mesh of the neonatal heart and tissue behavior will be used for computational simulations with ANSYS.