Construction of a mechanical model of the human heart left ventricle in the process of its contraction

Abstract

A detailed analysis of previous works on modeling the left ventricle (LV) of the human heart, starting with mechanical models in the form of the simplest three-dimensional figures (cylinder, sphere, ellipsoid of rotation) and ending with models using real contours of the human heart obtained by ultrasound examination of the human heart. A way of constructing a mechanical LV model based on the processing of its dynamic images obtained using computer and magnetic resonance imaging was proposed. Digitization of these images was carried out using numerical methods developed to create a finite element model were implemented in the CMISS system, which allows the use of finite element analysis methods to solve various complex problems. To avoid the need to operate with huge arrays of numbers (up to 10 thousand numerical values at each time of the MRI study) characteristic points of the three-dimensional LV image were selected and spline interpolation of the model framework written in C++ using the Cmgui module was performed. To describe the work of the mechanical model of LV reduction, the main components of this process were identified: transverse compression, longitudinal contraction and twisting. To describe them, simple mathematical characteristics were used.

Keywords:

human heart, left ventricle, mechanical model, transverse compression, longitudinal contraction, twisting