Modeling, Simulation and Validation of Alteration in Blood Flow and Regional Oxygenation Under Arterial Occlusion

The paper presents the mathematical modeling along with an experimental approach for the identification of arterial occlusion condition. Arterial occlusion occurs due to development of constriction and/or thrombus in the lumen of the artery. A geometry of the thrombus has been modeled for the analysis of the arterial occlusion condition in modeling part. The proposed model of the thrombus has been simulated using Comsol® multiphysics considering different hemodynamic parameters. Variation in regional oxygen saturation (rSO₂) of the arterial occlusion condition has been validated with experimental process, where occlusion of the artery has been done by applying external pressure. The experimental study has been conducted to monitor alteration in rSO₂ level profile for occlusion using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) methodology. NIRS signal data has been collected from twenty-three subjects with no reported musculoskeletal, psychiatric, or any other neurological deficits using Mespere NeurOs® oxymeter. Experimental data reveal that the oxygenation level decreases considerably due to arterial occlusion as compared to the healthy condition at 95% of confidence interval (p < .05). Dynamic time warping algorithm reveals that variation in rSO₂ due to proposed thrombus geometry has more similarity with experimental study.