Computational electromechan­ics of the heart: development of FE-based predictive simulation tools for patient specific analysis

Research topics

• Development of efficient numerical tools describing the electromechanical activity of the heart
• Generation of patient specific heart models
• Validation of the developed numerical schemes
• Simulation of life-threatening arrhythmias and its termination (defibrillation)

In cooperation with

• Herzzentrum, TU Dresden

Publications

Cansiz, B.; Dal, H.; Kaliske, M.: An orthotropic viscoelastic material model for passive myocardium: theory and algorithmic treatment, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 18:1160–1172, 2015

Cansiz, B.; Dal, H.; Kaliske, M.: Fully coupled cardiac electromechanics with orthotropic viscoelastic effects, Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Mechanics of Soft Active Materials, 12:124–133, 2015

Cansiz, B.; Dal, H.; Kaliske, M.: Computational cardiology: A modified Hill model to describe the electro-visco-elasticity of the myocardium, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 315:434-466, 2017

Cansiz, B.; Dal, H.; Kaliske, M.: Computational cardiology: the bidomain based modified Hill model incorporating viscous effects for cardiac defibrillation, Computational Mechanics, 62:253-271, 2018

Cansiz, B.; Sveric, K.; Ibrahim, K.; Strasser, R.; Linke, A.; Kaliske, M.: Towards predictive computer simulations in cardiology: finite element analysis of personalized heart models, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, doi:https//doi.org/10.1002/zamm.201800055