Atherosclerosis is one of the leading causes of global death and morbidity, and it's multifactorial and complex nature makes a multidisciplinary approach to tackling it important. Now, imaging is a powerful tool to analyze black morphology but it
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There is a need to determine which atherosclerotic lesions will progress in the coronary vasculature to guide intervention before myocardial infarction occurs. This article outlines the biomechanical modeling of arteries from Optical Coherence Tomography using fluid-structure interaction techniques in a commercial finite element solver to help predict this progression.