Computational Fluid Dynamics in Patient-Specific Models of Normal and

First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to my two supervisors; Kent-Andre Mardal and Svein Linge. Thank you for your thorough guid-ance, valuable advice, support and encouragement. Your enthusiasm and optimism gave me a lot of motivation. Next, I would like to thank Vic-tor Haughton for providing MRI-measurements, patient-data and articles as well as for his constructive and encouraging feedback on the thesis. Thanks to Karen-Helene Støverud for help with MRI-scans, medical literature and for other helpful advice. Also, thanks to Simula Research Laboratory for providing the computer resources necessary for all the heavy simulations. The model generation in VMTK would not have been possible without Luca Antiga’s valuable contribution- thank you for the immediate help with model capping and for other advice on VMTK. A big thank you to my fellow students for the fantastic social environment and many great memories through the last five years. Especially Eline and Øyvind, thank you for all your help and for keeping my spirits up whenever I needed it. Last but not least, I would like to thank my mother and Ola for constant love and support. I would not have managed this without you