Abstract
The modelling of liver tissue across multiple length scales constitutes a significant challenge, primarily due to the multiphysics coupling of mechanical response and perfusion within the complex multiscale vascularization of the organ. In this paper, we present a modelling framework that connects continuum poroelasticity and discrete vascular tree structures to model liver tissue across disparate levels of the perfusion hierarchy. The connection is achieved through a series of modelling decisions, which include source terms in the pressure equation to model inflow from the supplying tree, pressure boundary conditions to model outflow into the draining tree, and contact conditions to model surrounding tissue. We investigate the numerical behaviour of our framework and apply it to a patient-specific full-scale liver problem that demonstrates its potential to help assess surgical liver resection procedures.
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