Paper Info
Title
Pwpsim: A New Simulation Tool Of Pulse Wave Propagation In The Human Arterial Tree
Abstract
Hemodynamic simulation enhances investigations of pulse wave propagation phenomena and enables validation of new methods of pulse wave analysis. However, such simulation systems or tools are not readily available nor easily accessible. In this study, a new simulation tool of pulse wave propagation in the human arterial tree was developed based on a transmission line model (TLM). This paper describes the theory of TLM of the human arterial tree used by this simulation. The results are a display of the main functions and simulation results of this tool. This tool allows simulation of pulse wave propagation with capability to change the range of parameters, such as heart rate, mean flow and left ventricular ejection time, body height, arterial radius and wall thickness, arterial viscoelasticity, peripheral resistance and compliance. It also accounts for the nonlinear elasticity of arteries. The simulation results are displayed as 2D and 3D figures of blood pressure and flow waveforms, input impedance and pressure transfer function between aorta and femoral artery, including systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, pulse pressure, carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity and ankle-brachial index. It is a useful and interactive simulation tool of pulse wave propagation in the systematic arterial tree.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1109/EMBC.2017.8037654
2017 39TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC)
Field
DocType
Volume
Transmission line,Pulse pressure,Computer science,Waveform,Pulse wave,Electronic engineering,Pulse wave velocity,Blood pressure,Arterial tree,Pulse Wave Analysis
Conference
2017
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1094-687X
0
0.34
References 
Authors
2
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hanguang Xiao101.69
Mark Butlin236.24
Isabella Tan300.68
Albert Avolio43216.60