Modelling in Medicine and Biology

Section 1: Simulation of physiological processes Computational fluid and mass transport on macro and micro scales in an artificial kidney; A theoretical study of the transient and steady state cardiorespiratory response to exercise; Expiratory flow limitation in mechanical ventilation: a model study of lung non homogeneities; Estimation of lower airway resistance in expiratory flow limitation during mechanical ventilation; A modeling study of idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Estimation of subject specific ICP dynamic models using prospective clinical data; Evaluation of insulin sensitivity from a minimal model adapted to oral glucose tests; Modelling of the effects of Lotronex and Zelnorm on intestinal propulsion; Effects of a-adrenergic stimulation on the ventricular action potential: a simulation study; Analytical generation model of surface electromyogram for multi-layer volume conductors; A numerical solver of 3D Poisson Nernst Planck equations for functional studies of ion channels Section 2: Cardiovascular system The relation between stroke work and end diastolic volume in the ventricles; Performance assessment of embolic protection filters for carotid artery stenting; Cardiotherapeutical results from the coupled BIOMED and GUYTON models; Identification of the dynamic component of the finger arterial pressure-volume relationship; Measurement and calculation of the intramyocardial stress; Mechanical stress and hypertrophy; Optical monitoring of the heart beat Section 3: Neural systems An integrate and fire neural network to simulate epileptic patterns in intracortical EEG; A model of power spectral density in cortical EEG, for the study of cortical connectivity; Neural processing of biomedical data for improving driving safety; Numerical simulation of motor neuron excitability in a transgenic mouse model of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Section 4: Biomechanics A methodological approach for the optimisation of modern rotary blood pumps; Modelling the viscoelastic properties of coagulating blood; The pressure generated during the insertion of an intramedullary device: experiments and numerical modelling; The effect of reaming velocity on the pressure distribution in the intramedullary cavity; Numerical and experimental study on cerebral contusion under impact loading; Design of implantable MEMS sensors for early stenosis detection; Analysis methodology based on temporal FEM for bio-mechanical simulations; Dynamic simulation of three-dimensional motion of the human arm and upper body Section 5: Computational fluid dynamics in biomedicine A mathematical model of solute dynamics in a curved artery; A boundary element model of vascular gas bubble sticking and sliding; A CFD model of hemodynamics in hemodialysis vascular access; Flow rate boundary conditions and multiscale modelling of the cardiovascular system in compliant domains; Numerical simulation of hemolysis: a comparison of Lagrangian and Eulerian modelling; Kinetic and thermodynamic modelling of the von Willebrand factor mediated bonds during platelet adhesion under flow conditions; Computational biomechanics of the cardiovascular system Section 6: Orthopaedics and bone mechanics Estimation of knee ligaments loads using the modelling approach applied on in-vivo accurate kinematics and morphology of a young subject; Numerical analysis for muscle forces supporting the cervical spine; Multibody dynamics approaches of the humerus shoulder complex driven by multimuscle activations and constraints; A new software tool for fast and repeatable joint biomechanic analysis Section 7: Simulations in surgery Human cognitive and perceptual motor response: an integration of idiothetic and allothetic processes; Surgical training system with a Web Portal for virtual environment searching; FE-simulation of the maxillary sinus floor augmentation; Simulation of diopter changes in radio frequency conductive keratoplasty in The cornea; An investigation into thermal necrosis of bone associated with surgical procedures Section 8: Advanced technology in dentistry Estimation of masticatory forces for patient-specific analysis of the human mandible; Dental pulp responses to biphasic calcium phosphate cement containing buffer solution in the liquid phase; A vision based reverse engineering approach to surface digitizing in restorative dentistry Section 9: Data acquisition and analysis Web application for display and analysis of clinical data from a home telemonitoring platform; Feature selection of postural summary statistic scores based on principal component analysis in Parkinson's disease; Observations on the emission of radioactive J-131 during its application on a patient as a treatment against hyperthyroid; A study for semi-automatic diagnosis support of strokes from 2D MRI/FLAIR sequences; Osmolality control by inhalation or micro infusions?; Electronic skin replaces volunteer experiments Section 10: Image processing A multi-phase, probabilistic approach to image segmentation in MRI and CT studies; Investigation on a haptic display system for medical ultrasonic elasticity imaging