title: Model generation interface for simulation of left ventricular motion.
abstract: Recent advances in constructing accurate cell models have enabled new research areas for establishing accurate tissue and organ models. One important target of such research is heart. However, although the accurate myocardial cell model is becoming available, many elements such as cell orientation, mechanical tissue properties are still not known. On the other hand, computer simulation is becoming important tool for biological research. In such research, biological model is constructed and evaluated with variety of parameters. However, for the organ models such as heart model, it becomes very complicated and difficult to generate and evaluate variety of heart models with different combinations of element models and their parameters. In this paper, we propose an interface which generates complex left ventricular simulation model. We can generate left ventricular simulation models with 3D shape model, cell orientation model, cell electrophysiological model, coronary artery model and tissue mechanical property and model. Obtained simulation results show the effectiveness of the system.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. amano@sys.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amano
authors.forename: Kenichi
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authors.lastname: Kanda
authors.forename: Tsukasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shibayama
authors.forename: Yuu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamei
authors.forename: Tetsuya
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authors.lastname: Matsuda