Course Catalog 2006-2007

LTT-6426 COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND NERVOUS SYSTEM, 5 cr
Computational Modelling of Cardiovascular and Nervous System

Courses persons responsible
Juha Nousiainen

Lecturers
PhD Frank Sachse

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture - - - - 4 h/week -
Exercise - - - - 2 h/week -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Objectives
The objective is to provide detailed insights in modelling approaches, which are applied to describe and reconstruct physical properties and physiology of the cardiovascular and nervous system. Students will be enabled to classify modelling approaches and select appropriate models as research and development tools. Numerical methods for solving of the underlying systems of equations will be addressed with regard to their efficient implementation.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Models of ion channels and cellular electrophysiology : Hodgkin-Huxley type models, Markov models.
 
     
2. Models of cardiac and neuronal electrical conduction: cellular automata, excitation/diffusion models.
 
     
3. Mechanical models: models of cellular force development and models of passive structure mechanics.
 
     
4. Models of blood flow.       
5. Models of metabolism       

Requirements for completing the course
Active participation in the lectures and exercises and final exam.

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

  • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Book Computational Cardiology. Modelling of Anatomy, Electrophysiology, and Mechanics Frank B. Sachse 3-540-21907-2     Yes  English 
    Summary of lectures Lecture slides. Sachse, F.     On the Internet. Yes   

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    LTT-6106 LTT-6106 Bioelectromagnetism 6 Recommendable
    LTT-6406 LTT-6406 Modelling of Physiological Systems 5 Recommendable

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Remarks

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

  • The course is suitable for postgraduate studies.

  • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

  • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In compiling teaching material, particularly for online use or other electronic media
    - In compiling exercise, group or laboratory work
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc
    - In the visualization of objects and phenomena, e.g. animations, demonstrations, simulations, video clips
    - In exams or assessment of knowledge and skill/learning
    - The course utilizes a learning platform, which? Moodle

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course
  • - Contact teaching: 50 %
    - Distance learning: 10 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 40 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 72
    Exercises 48
    Information and communication technology 6

    Other scaledHours
    Exam/midterm exam 3
    Total sum 129

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    Last modified 06.04.2006
    Modified byJuha Nousiainen