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Latest news
15 Jan 2012:
Bifurcation study in collaboration with Professor Dr Di Mario on cover of JACC Interventions
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
Publications
Foin, N., Torii, R., Mortier, P., De Beule, M., Viceconte, N., Chan, P.H., Davies, J.E., Xu, X.Y., Krams, R., Di Mario, C., "Kissing Balloon or Sequential Dilation of the Side Branch and Main Vessel for Provisional Stenting of Bifurcations: Lessons From Micro-Computed Tomography and Computational Simulations" J Am Coll Cardiol Intv, 2012;5:47-56.
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)
Auricchio, F., Conti, M., De Beule, M., De Santis, G., Verhegghe, B., "Carotid Artery Stenting: From Patient-Specific Images to Finite Element Analysis", Medical Engineering and Physics, doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.10.011 (in press)
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.
Mortier, P., De Beule, M., Van Loo, D., Verhegghe, B., Verdonck, P., "Finite element analysis of side branch access during bifurcation stenting", Medical Engineering and Physics, 2009;31:434-440.
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., Carlier, S.G., Van Impe, R., Verhegghe, B., Verdonck, P., "Numerical study of the uniformity of balloon-expandable stent deployment", Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 2008;130(2).
De Beule, M., Mortier, P., Carlier, S. G., Verhegghe, B., Van Impe, R., Verdonck, P., "Realistic finite element-based stent design: The impact of balloon folding.", Journal of Biomechanics, 2008;41(2):383-389.
Foin, N., Torii, R., Mortier, P., De Beule, M., Viceconte, N., Chan, P.H., Davies, J.E., Xu, X.Y., Krams, R., Di Mario, C., "Kissing Balloon or Sequential Dilation of the Side Branch and Main Vessel for Provisional Stenting of Bifurcations: Lessons From Micro-Computed Tomography and Computational Simulations" J Am Coll Cardiol Intv, 2012;5:47-56.
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)
Auricchio, F., Conti, M., De Beule, M., De Santis, G., Verhegghe, B., "Carotid Artery Stenting: From Patient-Specific Images to Finite Element Analysis", Medical Engineering and Physics, doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.10.011 (in press)
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.
Mortier, P., De Beule, M., Van Loo, D., Verhegghe, B., Verdonck, P., "Finite element analysis of side branch access during bifurcation stenting", Medical Engineering and Physics, 2009;31:434-440.
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., Carlier, S.G., Van Impe, R., Verhegghe, B., Verdonck, P., "Numerical study of the uniformity of balloon-expandable stent deployment", Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 2008;130(2).
De Beule, M., Mortier, P., Carlier, S. G., Verhegghe, B., Van Impe, R., Verdonck, P., "Realistic finite element-based stent design: The impact of balloon folding.", Journal of Biomechanics, 2008;41(2):383-389.