?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F345%2F&rft.title=Locating+a+blockage+in+the+cerebral+vascular+network&rft.creator=McNamara%2C+H.&rft.subject=Medical+and+pharmaceutical&rft.description=Ischemic+strokes+make+up+70-80%25+of+strokes%2C+and+are+characterised+by+blockages+of+arteries+carrying+blood+to+the+brain.+This+problem+involves+the+identification+of+blockages+using+a+species+distribution+derived+from+an+MRI+scan+of+the+brain.+Blood+flow+in+the+brain+may+be+described+using+a+network+of+branching+vessels+which+are+the+sources+for+porous+media-type+flow+in+the+capillary+bed.+The+topologically+intricate+nature+of+the+branching+blood+vessels+hinder+most+attempts+at+simplifying+the+problem%2C+and+the+report+concludes+that+a+longer-term+modelling+process+would+be+required+in+order+to+provide+therapeutically+useful+conclusions.+Some+recommendations+for+the+direction+such+future+work+could+take+are+also+included.&rft.date=2011&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F345%2F1%2FGE-brain.pdf&rft.identifier=++McNamara%2C+H.++(2011)+Locating+a+blockage+in+the+cerebral+vascular+network.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++