Total number of participants: 14
Number of different nationalities represented: 5
Total number of speakers: 1
Total number of talks: 1

Bjørn Fredrik Nielsen: On the use of computer simulations for identifying ischemic heart disease; theoretical and practical aspects

Authors:

Bjørn Fredrik Nielsen, Marius Lysaker, Per Grøttum, Aslak Tveito, Andreas Abildgaard, Jan Gunnar Fjeld, Kristina Hermann Haugaa

Place:

Presented at the workshop "Mathematics in Medicine/Biology", Centre of Mathematics for Applications, Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo.

Date: 4. March, 2008

Abstract:

During the seventies the bidomain equations were introduced as a model for the electrical activity in the heart. We explore the possibilities for using this model, the theory of inverse problems, level set techniques and ECG recordings for identifying ischemic heart disease. Myocardial ischemia is a reversible precursor of heart infarction and one of the most common diseases worldwide. In the first part of the talk we will address modelling issues and various mathematical aspects. The second part of the presentation is devoted to our experience with real world data recorded by our collaborators at Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet HF.