Upcoming events
25-28 Jan 2012:
FEops @ Linc Leipzig
13-15 Mar 2012:
FEops @ MEDTEC Stuttgart
Latest news
06 Dec 2011:
FEops and bioMMeda stent research featured in award winning presentation at ICI meeting
01 Dec 2011:
Gianluca De Santis joins FEops as Principal R&D Engineer
05 Oct 2011:
Editorial/commentary on longitudinal stent compression published in EuroIntervention
15 Sep 2011:
OCT validation study in collaboration with Thoraxcenter published in Interventional Cardiology
Team
Our team consists of people with a solid background in finite element analysis and medical device design:
Dr. Ir. Matthieu De Beule (co-founder) graduated as a Master of Science in Civil Engineering and obtained his PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering, entitled "Finite Element Stent Design" (pdf, 20 Mb). He currently gives lectures on computational biomechanics and stent modeling at Ghent University, the University of Pavia and Trinity College Dublin (ESEM Summer School).
Dr. Ir. Peter Mortier (co-founder) has a Master of Science in Civil Engineering and obtained his PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering, entitled "Computer Modelling of Coronary Bifurcation Stenting" (pdf, 50 Mb).
Prof. Dr. Ir. Benedict Verhegghe (co-founder) has a Master of Science and PhD in Civil Engineering and a Master in Computer Science. He has more than 20 years of experience in development and use of FEA in solid mechanics. Currently, he teaches FEA in structural analysis at Ghent University and is lead developer and project manager of the pyFormex project, an open framework to facilitate parametric modelling and advanced pre- and postprocessing.
Dr. Ir. Gianluca De Santis has a Master of Science and obtained a PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering, entitled "Novel Mesh Generation Method for Accurate Image-Based Computational Modelling of Blood Vessels" (pdf, 62 Mb).. He is an expert with respect to the generation of patient based geometrical models and has experience with computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
Our team consists of people with a solid background in finite element analysis and medical device design:
Dr. Ir. Matthieu De Beule (co-founder) graduated as a Master of Science in Civil Engineering and obtained his PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering, entitled "Finite Element Stent Design" (pdf, 20 Mb). He currently gives lectures on computational biomechanics and stent modeling at Ghent University, the University of Pavia and Trinity College Dublin (ESEM Summer School).
Dr. Ir. Peter Mortier (co-founder) has a Master of Science in Civil Engineering and obtained his PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering, entitled "Computer Modelling of Coronary Bifurcation Stenting" (pdf, 50 Mb).
Prof. Dr. Ir. Benedict Verhegghe (co-founder) has a Master of Science and PhD in Civil Engineering and a Master in Computer Science. He has more than 20 years of experience in development and use of FEA in solid mechanics. Currently, he teaches FEA in structural analysis at Ghent University and is lead developer and project manager of the pyFormex project, an open framework to facilitate parametric modelling and advanced pre- and postprocessing.
Dr. Ir. Gianluca De Santis has a Master of Science and obtained a PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering, entitled "Novel Mesh Generation Method for Accurate Image-Based Computational Modelling of Blood Vessels" (pdf, 62 Mb).. He is an expert with respect to the generation of patient based geometrical models and has experience with computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
Selected publications
De Santis, G., "Novel Mesh Generation Method for Accurate Image-Based Computational Modelling of Blood Vessels", PhD thesis, Ghent University, Belgium, 2011. (pdf, 62 Mb)
Mortier P., De Beule M., "Stent design back in the picture: an engineering perspective on longitudinal stent compression", EuroIntervention, 2011;7 (pdf, 0.7 Mb)
Mortier P., Van Beusekom H., De Beule M., Krabbendam-Peters I., Van Der Smissen B., De Santis G., Ligthart J., Verhegghe B., Van der Giessen W., "Improved understanding of stent malapposition using virtual bench testing", Interventional Cardiology, 2011;6(2):106-109. (pdf, 0.5 Mb)
Mortier P., De Beule M., Segers P., Verdonck P., Verhegghe B., "Virtual bench testing of new generation coronary stents", EuroIntervention, 2011;7:369-376. (pdf, 2 Mb) One of the editorials of this journal issue, written by W.J. van der Giessen† , F. Gijsen, H.M. Garcia-Garcia and P.W. Serruys, motivates why this paper was selected for publication (pdf, 0.2 Mb).
Mortier P., De Beule M., Dubini G., Hikichi Y., Murasato Y., Ormiston J., "Coronary bifurcation stenting: insights from in vitro and virtual bench testing", EuroIntervention, 2010;6(Supplement J):J53-J60. (pdf, 3 Mb)
Mortier, P., "Computer Modelling of Coronary Bifurcation Stenting", PhD thesis, Ghent University, Belgium, 2010. (pdf, 50 Mb)
Mortier, P., Holzapfel, G., De Beule, M., Van Loo, D., Taeymans, Y., Segers, P., Verdonck, P., Verhegghe, B., "A Novel Simulation Strategy for Stent Insertion and Deployment in Curved Coronary Bifurcations: Comparison of Three Drug-Eluting Stents", Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2010;38(1):88-99.
De Beule, M., Van Cauter, S., Mortier, P., Van Loo, D., Van Impe, R., Verdonck, P., Verhegghe, B., "Virtual optimization of self-expandable braided wire stents", Medical Engineering and Physics, 2009;31:448-453.
Mortier, P., Van Loo, D., De Beule, M., Segers, P., Taeymans, Y., Verdonck, P., Verhegghe, B., "Comparison of drug-eluting stent cell size using micro-CT: important data for bifurcation stent selection", EuroIntervention, 2008;4(3):391-396.
De Beule, M., "Finite element stent design", PhD thesis, Ghent University, Belgium, 2008. (pdf, 20 Mb)
Mortier P., De Beule M., "Stent design back in the picture: an engineering perspective on longitudinal stent compression", EuroIntervention, 2011;7 (pdf, 0.7 Mb)
Mortier P., Van Beusekom H., De Beule M., Krabbendam-Peters I., Van Der Smissen B., De Santis G., Ligthart J., Verhegghe B., Van der Giessen W., "Improved understanding of stent malapposition using virtual bench testing", Interventional Cardiology, 2011;6(2):106-109. (pdf, 0.5 Mb)
Mortier P., De Beule M., Segers P., Verdonck P., Verhegghe B., "Virtual bench testing of new generation coronary stents", EuroIntervention, 2011;7:369-376. (pdf, 2 Mb) One of the editorials of this journal issue, written by W.J. van der Giessen† , F. Gijsen, H.M. Garcia-Garcia and P.W. Serruys, motivates why this paper was selected for publication (pdf, 0.2 Mb).
Mortier P., De Beule M., Dubini G., Hikichi Y., Murasato Y., Ormiston J., "Coronary bifurcation stenting: insights from in vitro and virtual bench testing", EuroIntervention, 2010;6(Supplement J):J53-J60. (pdf, 3 Mb)
Mortier, P., "Computer Modelling of Coronary Bifurcation Stenting", PhD thesis, Ghent University, Belgium, 2010. (pdf, 50 Mb)
Mortier, P., Holzapfel, G., De Beule, M., Van Loo, D., Taeymans, Y., Segers, P., Verdonck, P., Verhegghe, B., "A Novel Simulation Strategy for Stent Insertion and Deployment in Curved Coronary Bifurcations: Comparison of Three Drug-Eluting Stents", Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2010;38(1):88-99.
De Beule, M., Van Cauter, S., Mortier, P., Van Loo, D., Van Impe, R., Verdonck, P., Verhegghe, B., "Virtual optimization of self-expandable braided wire stents", Medical Engineering and Physics, 2009;31:448-453.
Mortier, P., Van Loo, D., De Beule, M., Segers, P., Taeymans, Y., Verdonck, P., Verhegghe, B., "Comparison of drug-eluting stent cell size using micro-CT: important data for bifurcation stent selection", EuroIntervention, 2008;4(3):391-396.
De Beule, M., "Finite element stent design", PhD thesis, Ghent University, Belgium, 2008. (pdf, 20 Mb)