A coupling method for a cardiovascular simulation model which includes the Kalman Filter

Y Hasegawa, T Shimayoshi, A Amano…�- …�Conference of the�…, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Y Hasegawa, T Shimayoshi, A Amano, T Matsuda
2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in�…, 2012ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-scale models of the cardiovascular system provide new insight that was unavailable
with in vivo and in vitro experiments. For the cardiovascular system, multi-scale simulations
provide a valuable perspective in analyzing the interaction of three phenomenons occurring
at different spatial scales: circulatory hemodynamics, ventricular structural dynamics, and
myocardial excitation-contraction. In order to simulate these interactions, multiscale
cardiovascular simulation systems couple models that simulate different phenomena�…
Multi-scale models of the cardiovascular system provide new insight that was unavailable with in vivo and in vitro experiments. For the cardiovascular system, multi-scale simulations provide a valuable perspective in analyzing the interaction of three phenomenons occurring at different spatial scales: circulatory hemodynamics, ventricular structural dynamics, and myocardial excitation-contraction. In order to simulate these interactions, multiscale cardiovascular simulation systems couple models that simulate different phenomena. However, coupling methods require a significant amount of calculation, since a system of non-linear equations must be solved for each timestep. Therefore, we proposed a coupling method which decreases the amount of calculation by using the Kalman filter. In our method, the Kalman filter calculates approximations for the solution to the system of non-linear equations at each timestep. The approximations are then used as initial values for solving the system of non-linear equations. The proposed method decreases the number of iterations required by 94.0% compared to the conventional strong coupling method. When compared with a smoothing spline predictor, the proposed method required 49.4% fewer iterations.
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