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SPECIALISSUEforASMEJournalofMedicalDevicesGUESTEDITOR:MarcHorner,Ph.
D.
,TechnicalLead,Healthcare,ANSYS,Inc.
;email:marc.
horner@ansys.
comALTRENATECONTACT/CO-EDITOR:RupakK.
Banerjee,Ph.
D.
,UniversityofCincinnati,Cincinnati,OH;email:rupak.
banerjee@uc.
eduTITLE:CardiovascularDeviceDevelopmentandSafetyAssessmentusingComputationaland/orExperimentalApproachesCardiovasculardevicesmusttypicallyinteractwithacomplexphysiologicenvironmentthatcanseverelychallengedeviceperformanceandlongevity.
Thesechallengesincludeblooddamage(hemolysisandthrombosis),changingcontactconditionsduringeachheartbeat,high-cyclefa-tigue-to-fracture,andtheneedtoaccommodatethehighlyvariablegeometric,material,andhemodynamicenvironmentencounteredacrossthetargetpopulation.
Thecardiovascularde-viceindustryincreasinglyreliesoncomputermodelingasacontrolledandrepeatablemethod-ologyforassessingthesedevicedesign-relatedfactors.
Additionally,cliniciansareevaluatingcomputermodelingasapre-interventionalplanningtoolthatcanconfirmtheneedfortreatmentandoptimizetreatmentoutcomes.
Thisspecialissue,therefore,seeksoriginalresearchthathighlightstheuseofcomputermodelsinallstagesofcardiovasculardevicedevelopmentandassessment.
Contributionsareex-pectedtoutilizeoneormoreofawiderangeofapproaches,includingcomputationalfluiddy-namics(CFD),finiteelementanalysis(FEA),high-andlow-frequencyelectromagnetics,re-duced-orderandlumpedparameterapproaches,multi-scaleanalysis,anatomicmodels,andstatisticalshapeanalysis(PCA).
Contributionsmusttietheworkdescribedtothedesignofamedicaldevice,eitherbyincorporatingasimulateddeviceasanexampleorbydescribinghowthecomputationaltoolwouldbeusedinthedesignofaspecificmedicaldevice.
Potentialtopicsinclude,butarenotlimitedto:xcardiovascularbiomechanicsinhealthanddisease,includingsofttissuemodelingxtheimpactofimageacquisitionand/orsegmentationonmodeluncertaintyxshapevariabilityofanatomicstructuresinthepopulationxphysiologicalresponse(s)toanintervention,bothlocally(e.
g.
healing)andgloballyxdevice-tissueinteractionsxassessingand/oroptimizingdeviceperformancexdevicesafetyassessment(regulatoryornon-regulatory)xsurgicalprocedureplanningandimprovingdiagnosticsforclinical-decisionmakingSubmissionsthatincorporateadditionalsourcesofevidencethathelptoestablishmodelcredi-bilitywillbeprioritized.
Academicandindustryresearchers,cliniciansandindustrypractitionersareencouragedtocontribute.
SUBMISSIONGUIDELINES:ManuscriptscanbesubmittedelectronicallytotheASMEJournalsiteathttp://journaltool.
asme.
org.
WithinthePaperSubmittalpage,selecttheJournalofMedi-calDevices.
Next,select'CardiovascularDeviceDevelopmentandSafetyAssessmentusingComputationaland/orExperimentalApproaches'withintheSpecialIssuetab.
SubmissionDeadline:July31,2016FinalReviewDeadline:August31,2016PublicationDateforSpecialIssue:November30,2016