Mathematical Modelling In Medicine

Title page -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I. Heart -- The Changing View of the HeartThrough the Centuries -- The Left Ventricular Ejection Effect -- Human Circulatory System Model Based On Frank's Mechanism -- Modelling Blood Flow in the Left Side of the Heart -- Part II: Arterial Tree -- Models of the Arterial Tree -- A One-Dimensional Fluid Dynamic Model of the Systemic Arteries -- Measurement of Arterial Compliance In Vivo -- Models of the Venous System -- Part III: Baroreceptor Control -- General Compartmental Models of the Cardiovascular System -- Modelling the Interaction Among Several Mechanisms in the Short-term Arterial Pressure Control -- Short term Autonomic Nervous Control of the Cardiovascular System: A System Theoretic Approach -- A Baroreflex Model of Short Term Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Variability -- Part IV: Applications for Simulators -- Mathematical Models Behind Advanced Simulators in Medicine -- Cognitive Studies of Ethical Reasoning Basedon the KARDIO-simulator -- Index -- Author Index

The construction of mathematical models is an essential scientific activity. Mathematics is associated with developments in science and engineering, but more recently mathematical modelling has been used to investigate complex systems that arise in other fields. This book demonstrates the application of mathematics to research topics in ecology and environmental science, health and medicine, phylogenetics and neural networks, theoretical chemistry, economics and management.

The result of lectures given by the authors at New York University, the University of Utah, and Michigan State University, the material is written for students who have had only one term of calculus, but it contains material that can be used in modeling courses in applied mathematics at all levels through early graduate courses. Numerous exercises are given as well as solutions to selected exercises, so as to lead readers to discover interesting extensions of that material. Throughout, illustrations depict physiological processes, population biology phenomena, corresponding models, and the results of computer simulations. Topics covered range from population phenomena to demographics, genetics, epidemics and dispersal; in physiological processes, including the circulation, gas exchange in the lungs, control of cell volume, the renal counter-current multiplier mechanism, and muscle mechanics; to mechanisms of neural control. Each chapter is graded in difficulty, so a reading of the first parts of each provides an elementary introduction to the processes and their models.

A unique assemblage of cutting-edge research on mathematical models in biology and medicine. This book is composed of refereed and carefully edited research articles derived from the Conference on Mathematical Models in Medical and Health Sciences, held at Vanderbilt University in conjunction with the thirteenth annual Shanks Lectures Series (May 1997).

This volume is the proceedings of the 7th Mathematical Modeling in Experimental Nutrition Conference held at Penn State University July 29 until August 1, 2000. The book addresses the determination of optimal intakes of nutrients and food components to provide lifelong health and reduce incidence of disease. Mathematical modelling provides a means of rigorously defining the functions of a system and using a variety of conditions to stimulate responses. This volume presents the newest advances in modelling and related experimental techniques required to meet the new challenges currently facing nutrition and biological science.

Modelling Methodology for Physiology and Medicine, Second Edition, offers a unique approach and an unprecedented range of coverage of the state-of-the-art, advanced modeling methodology that is widely applicable to physiology and medicine. The second edition, which is completely updated and expanded, opens with a clear and integrated treatment of advanced methodology for developing mathematical models of physiology and medical systems. Readers are then shown how to apply this methodology beneficially to real-world problems in physiology and medicine, such as circulation and respiration. The focus of Modelling Methodology for Physiology and Medicine, Second Edition, is the methodology that underpins good modeling practice. It builds upon the idea of an integrated methodology for the development and testing of mathematical models. It covers many specific areas of methodology in which important advances have taken place over recent years and illustrates the application of good methodological practice in key areas of physiology and medicine. It builds on work that the editors have carried out over the past 30 years, working in cooperation with leading practitioners in the field. Builds upon and enhances the reader's existing knowledge of modeling methodology and practice Editors are internationally renowned leaders in their respective fields Provides an understanding of modeling methodologies that can address real problems in physiology and medicine and achieve results that are beneficial either in advancing research or in providing solutions to clinical problems

This work contains the congresses from a 1976 conference at Mainz, which evaluated the possibilities and limitations of mathematical models in the medical field.