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
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A virtual biventricular heart model of a healthy person developed for computer simulations from cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
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Demonstration of left ventricle examination with softwate 4D-Analysis from TomTec Imaging Systems GmbH
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Demonstration of left ventricle examination with softwate 2D Cardiac Performance Analysis MR from TomTec Imaging Systems GmbH