Simulation, identification and statistical variation in cardiovascular analysis (SISCA) - A software framework for multi-compartment lumped modeling.

It has not yet been possible to obtain modeling approaches suitable for covering a wide range of real world scenarios in cardiovascular physiology because many of the system parameters are uncertain or even unknown. Natural variability and statistical variation of cardiovascular system parameters in healthy and diseased conditions are characteristic features for understanding cardiovascular diseases in more detail. This paper presents SISCA, a novel software framework for cardiovascular system modeling and its MATLAB implementation.

[Simulation of the heart action: a computer controlled module for the generation of variable flow patterns].

Aim: The development of a computer controlled pump for the generation of variable flow patterns with high reproducibility for simulating the haemodynamics in physiological model circuits.

Material And Methods: The module is controlled by an arbitrary function generator. The shape of the flow profile is generated on the PC based on mathematical functions or drawn by hand.