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Modeling and simulation of the cardiovascular system: a review of applications, methods, and potentials
Anja Brunberg1, Stefanie Heinke, Jan Spillner
1Institut für Regelungstechnik, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany. A.Brunberg@ir.trwth-aachen.de
Abstract:
Proper function of the cardiovascular system is indispensible to human survival. However, this system is dominated by complex interactions between different physiological processes and control mechanisms. A structured analysis and a mathematical description of this system can provide more insight, and a computer-based simulation of dynamic processes in the cardiovascular system could be applied in numerous tasks. This article gives a review of different approaches to cardio-circulatory modeling and discusses methodological aspects and fields of application for several classes of models.
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