Estimation of the zero-pressure computational start shape of atherosclerotic plaques: Improving the backward displacement method with deformation gradient tensor

Affiliations

• ¹ EPSRC Cambridge Mathematics of Information in Healthcare, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
• ² Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Imaging Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Digital Medical Research Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
• ³ Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
• ⁴ Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; John Farman Intensive Care Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
• ⁵ Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
• ⁶ Cambridge Vascular Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
• ⁷ EPSRC Cambridge Mathematics of Information in Healthcare, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
• ⁸ Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
• ⁹ Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Nanjing Jingsan Medical Science and Technology, Ltd, Jiangsu, China. Electronic address: [email protected].