The construction of an anatomically based model of the human ventricular conduction system

The authors describe a strategy for the construction of human ventricular conduction system models which is based on real microscopic and macroscopic features, although the model still is much simpler than reality. The model contains almost 35000 individual cylindrical elements, each of whose physic...

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Published inIEEE transactions on biomedical engineering Vol. 37; no. 12; pp. 1173 - 1185
Main Authors Pollard, A.E., Barr, R.C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY IEEE 01.12.1990
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Subjects
Atrioventricular Node - anatomy & histology
Biological and medical sciences
Biomedical engineering
Computer Simulation
Heart
Heart - anatomy & histology
Heart Conduction System - anatomy & histology
Humans
Medical sciences
Microscopy
Models, Cardiovascular
Morphology
Muscles
Myocardium
Pathology
Purkinje Cells - cytology
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Reference Values
Supercomputers
Electrophysiology
Cardiovascular disease
Instrumentation
Heart ventricle
Modeling
Biomedical engineering
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Summary:The authors describe a strategy for the construction of human ventricular conduction system models which is based on real microscopic and macroscopic features, although the model still is much simpler than reality. The model contains almost 35000 individual cylindrical elements, each of whose physical dimensions approximate unit bundles of Purkinje and atrioventricular nodal cells. The model, whose physical appearance closely resembles that of the conduction system, was generated from limited anatomical data in less than 2 min CPU time on an IBM 3090 at the Cornell National Supercomputer Facility.< >
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ISSN:0018-9294
1558-2531
DOI:10.1109/10.64460