人体骨骼肌肉层对心电传导和体表电位标测的影响

应用电磁场数值计算方法求解三维心电图正问题,重点考察了人体骨骼肌肉层的各向异性导电性对心电传导的影响。推导了描述人类心电场的有限元模型和边界元模型,以及二者结合的形式,并在一个包含各向异性导电性肌肉层的三维人体模型下进行了模拟计算。讨论了骨骼肌肉层在不同的肌肉纤维方向组合下的胸腔模型,以及纤维的各向异性导电性对体表电位图的影响     

一种处理人体骨骼肌肉层各向异性导电性的数值方法

重点讨论了应用电磁场数值计算方法求解心电图正问题和逆问题中人体骨骼肌肉层的各向异性导电性的处理方法．文中应用有限元和边界元结合的方法,构造了一个包含不同的纤维方向组合的骨骼肌肉层的三维胸腔模型,并在此模型下引入了局部坐标内的各向异性导电率向整体坐标转换的方法．据此进行的模拟计算结果以图像的方式清晰地展示了各向异性导电性对体表电位图的影响．     

等参变换在人体左心室三维有限元机械模型中的应用

基于人体左心室的纤维结构和可以真实反映心电兴奋传播过程的心脏电模型,建立了采用复合材料分析方法的左心室三维等参有限元机械模型,本文主要介绍了等参变换思想、方法在建模分析中的特色应用,如基于纤维结构的等参有限单元离散,考虑非均匀性的材料参数和等参变换、层和数值积分和考虑复杂边界条件及负载特性的逆变换等均是运用等参变换的思路来复杂的生理结构问题,最后给出了基于该方法的模型应用。     

体外冲击波碎石焦点区域声压分布的时域有限差分法仿真研究

目的:研究体外冲击波碎石(Extracorporeal shock wave lithotropisy,ESWL)治疗中不同厚度人体组织对ESWL焦点区域大小、位置和声压分布的影响,为ESWL治疗计划的制定提供理论依据.方法:以Reichenberger的ESWL水中实验为参照例,分别建立三维单一人体组织和多层复合人体组织仿真模型,用时域有限差分(Finite Difference Time Domain,FDTD)数值仿真法,数值仿真ESWL治疗中形成的焦点区域.结果:高强度聚焦超声波在人体脂肪、肌肉层中形成的实际焦点区域大小、位置和焦点区域声压分布随着人体脂肪、肌肉层厚度的变化而变化.结论:ESWL治疗过程中由于人体组织厚度的不同,高强度聚焦超声非线性传播而形成的焦距和最大声压不同,对于不同体态的患者在ESWL治疗时,应该采用不同的焦距设定方法.     

用于电流耦合型人体通信的有限元模型探究

目的:研究电流耦合型人体通信(Intra-Body Communication,IBC)的传输特性.方法:以人体通信中最常使用到的部位-人体手臂为着眼点,合理抽象并得到手臂的等效数学模型,进而使用有限元方法探究人体中电流分布机理.另外,通过给模型施加不同形式下电信号,比较分析人体的信道特性.结果:①在安全阚值内,注入人体电流大小对信号衰减影响不大;②信号衰减随着发送电极尺寸的增大而减小:③收发电极间距离愈大,信号衰减愈大;④人体通信电流主要流经肌肉层,不过随频率增大,集肤效应明显,在骨中的比例很小,足以忽略.结论:本文提出的人体手臂等效有限元模型,可以对电流耦合型人体通信的通信机理展开分析.     

电流耦合型人体通信的人体实验与衰减特性分析

目的:获取电流耦合型人体通信的人体信道衰减特性。方法:采用前期设计并验证的人体通信原理实验装置开展多名志愿者的人体实验。结果:对人体输入不同大小安全电流,产生的电位衰减近似相同;理疗电极较心电电极具有更小的信号衰减;发送电极面积越大信号衰减越小;接收电极的差异对信号检测效果影响较小;直径较粗的人体部位具有较小的信号衰减;信号衰减率随收发电极距离的增大而减小。结论:人体是安全电流激励的线性响应系统;发送电极与人体的接触阻抗越小越利于信号传输;肌肉是体内电流传输的主要路径;输入电流产生的耦合电位在发送电极附近急速衰减,约20cm后以近似稳定的电位传遍全身。     

生物磁的奥秘

生物电流是生命过程中的普遍现象。大脑和神经系统活动、心脏跳动和肌肉运动,都伴随着生物电流。电的流动产生磁,因而有脑电、神经电、心电、肌电,就有脑磁场、神经磁场、心磁场和肌磁场。这些是生命过程中普遍的基本的生物磁现象。 此外,人体组织内含有一些磁性物质。例如血红蛋白、肌红蛋白、铁蛋白中均含有铁;血浆铜蓝蛋     

生理卫生学教学参考资料(续) 第三章 循环系统

学生已经了解了人体的各种活动是在神经系统的控制下由于骨和肌肉密切合作而产生的,同时也认识了人体各种活动的动力是由肌肉的收缩而引起的。在肌肉活动中需要养料和氧气,并且也产生废物。那么肌肉活动需     

应用三维有限元分析髋臼骨结核软骨下骨塌陷的风险

目的建立人体髋臼骨结核三维有限元模型,探讨不同部位髋臼骨结核软骨下骨塌陷的风险。方法通过正常髋关节CT数据,利用Mimics软件和ANSYS有限元软件,建立正常髋关节三维有限元模型（模型A）、髋臼顶部骨结核（模型B）、髋臼中心部骨结核（模型C）、髋臼前部骨结核（模型D）、髋臼后部骨结核（模型E）三维有限元模型,模拟人体单脚站立进行加载,分析髋臼软骨下骨峰值Von Mises应力和初始微动值。结果建立了正常髋关节和不同部位髋臼骨结核三维有限元模型,各模型含节点269284,三维四面体单元184786个。通过加载分析结果显示：与正常髋关节相比,峰值Von Mises应力,依次增加84%、3%、21%、67%;髋臼软骨下骨初始微动值依次增加66%、11%、17%、29%。结论髋臼顶部结核软骨下骨峰值Von Mises应力和初始微动值最大,塌陷的风险最大。     

蒙特卡罗方法和三维数字人体模型在放疗计划质量保证中的应用

放射治疗的质量保证是保证放射治疗成功的有力方法。对于放疗计划的验证和评估有CT模拟机、仿体等方法,这些方法各有优缺点。文章提出了一种用人体图像数据构造仿真模型的方法,并用蒙特卡罗软件和美国“可视人项目”的数据集计算该模型在接受放射治疗时体内剂量的三维分布。由于采用人体的真实图像数据,以及蒙特卡罗方法计算粒子输运时的准确性,该方法能够得到真实的三维剂量分布。     

有限元法计算各向异性介质球头模型电位分布

在脑电正问题研究中,脑神经元所产生的电活动可用电流偶极子来模拟.本文提出把大脑看作各向异性介质球,即同时考虑电容效应、电导效应对脑内电流偶极子产生的电位的影响,并用有限元法推导出偶极子在各向异性介质球模型中的电位分布计算公式.结果表明介质的电容效应对电位分布是有影响的,反映了大脑活组织电特性,对外来不同频率的信号刺激有不同的响应.同时有限元法对大脑内某一区域内电位分布求解表明,测量较深层组织的电特性变化敏感的特点,可获得更多的测量信息.     

Finite element modeling for predicting the contact pressure between a foam mattress and the human body in a supine position

In this paper, we generated finite element (FE) models to predict the contact pressure between a foam mattress and the human body in a supine position. Twenty-year-old males were used for three-dimensional scanning to produce the FE human models, which was composed of skin and muscle tissue. A linear elastic isotropic material model was used for the skin, and the Mooney–Rivlin model was used for the muscle tissue because it can effectively represent the nonlinear behavior of muscle. The contact pressure between the human model and the mattress was predicted by numerical simulation. The human models were validated by comparing the body pressure distribution obtained from the same human subject when he was lying on two different mattress types. The experimental results showed that the slope of the lower part of the mattress caused a decrease in the contact pressure at the heels, and the effect of bone structure was most pronounced in the scapula. After inserting a simple structure to function as the scapula, the contact pressure predicted by the FE human models was consistent with the experimental body pressure distribution for all body parts. These results suggest that the models proposed in this paper will be useful to researchers and designers of products related to the prevention of pressure ulcers.     

Steady state temperature distribution in dermal regions of an irregular tapered shaped human limb with variable eccentricity

The investigators in the past have developed some models of temperature distribution in the human limb assuming it as a regular circular or elliptical tapered cylinder. But in reality the limb is not of regular tapered cylindrical shape. The radius and eccentricity are not same throughout the limb. In view of above a model of temperature distribution in the irregular tapered elliptical shaped human limb is proposed for a three dimensional steady state case in this paper. The limb is assumed to be composed of multiple cylindrical substructures with variable radius and eccentricity. The mathematical model incorporates the effect of blood mass flow rate, metabolic activity and thermal conductivity. The outer surface is exposed to the environment and appropriate boundary conditions have been framed. The finite element method has been employed to obtain the solution. The temperature profiles have been computed in the dermal layers of a human limb and used to study the effect of shape, microstructure and biophysical parameters on temperature distribution in human limbs. The proposed model is one of the most realistic model as compared to conventional models as this can be effectively employed to every regular and nonregular structures of the body with variable radius and eccentricity to study the thermal behaviour.     

A mathematical model for calculating the vector magnetic field of a single muscle fiber.

A mathematical model is described for calculating the volume-conducted magnetic field from active muscle fibers in an anisotropic bundle. With earlier models, the azimuthal magnetic field of a nerve bundle was calculated and the results were compared with the fields measured by toroidal pickup coils. The present model is capable of evaluating all three of the magnetic field components and is thus applicable for analyzing SQUID magnetometer recordings of fields from a muscle bundle. The component of the magnetic field parallel to the fiber axis is more than an order of magnitude smaller than either of the other two components. The amplitude of the magnetic signal is strongly dependent upon the anisotropy of the muscle bundle, the intracellular conductivity, the radius of the muscle fiber, the radius of the muscle bundle, and the location of the fiber in the muscle bundle. The peak-to-peak amplitude of the single-muscle-fiber action field increases linearly with increasing intracellular conductivity, as the square of the radius of the muscle fiber, and exponentially with the distance between the location of the fiber and the center of the bundle.     

Computational Study on Subdural Cortical Stimulation - The Influence of the Head Geometry,Anisotropic Conductivity,and Electrode Configuration

Subdural cortical stimulation (SuCS) is a method used to inject electrical current through electrodes beneath the dura mater, and is known to be useful in treating brain disorders. However, precisely how SuCS must be applied to yield the most effective results has rarely been investigated. For this purpose, we developed a three-dimensional computational model that represents an anatomically realistic brain model including an upper chest. With this computational model, we investigated the influence of stimulation amplitudes, electrode configurations (single or paddle-array), and white matter conductivities (isotropy or anisotropy). Further, the effects of stimulation were compared with two other computational models, including an anatomically realistic brain-only model and the simplified extruded slab model representing the precentral gyrus area. The results of voltage stimulation suggested that there was a synergistic effect with the paddle-array due to the use of multiple electrodes; however, a single electrode was more efficient with current stimulation. The conventional model (simplified extruded slab) far overestimated the effects of stimulation with both voltage and current by comparison to our proposed realistic upper body model. However, the realistic upper body and full brain-only models demonstrated similar stimulation effects. In our investigation of the influence of anisotropic conductivity, model with a fixed ratio (1∶10) anisotropic conductivity yielded deeper penetration depths and larger extents of stimulation than others. However, isotropic and anisotropic models with fixed ratios (1∶2, 1∶5) yielded similar stimulation effects. Lastly, whether the reference electrode was located on the right or left chest had no substantial effects on stimulation.     

Computational Study of Subdural Cortical Stimulation: Effects of Simulating Anisotropic Conductivity on Activation of Cortical Neurons

Subdural cortical stimulation (SuCS) is an appealing method in the treatment of neurological disorders, and computational modeling studies of SuCS have been applied to determine the optimal design for electrotherapy. To achieve a better understanding of computational modeling on the stimulation effects of SuCS, the influence of anisotropic white matter conductivity on the activation of cortical neurons was investigated in a realistic head model. In this paper, we constructed pyramidal neuronal models (layers 3 and 5) that showed primary excitation of the corticospinal tract, and an anatomically realistic head model reflecting complex brain geometry. The anisotropic information was acquired from diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DT-MRI) and then applied to the white matter at various ratios of anisotropic conductivity. First, we compared the isotropic and anisotropic models; compared to the isotropic model, the anisotropic model showed that neurons were activated in the deeper bank during cathodal stimulation and in the wider crown during anodal stimulation. Second, several popular anisotropic principles were adapted to investigate the effects of variations in anisotropic information. We observed that excitation thresholds varied with anisotropic principles, especially with anodal stimulation. Overall, incorporating anisotropic conductivity into the anatomically realistic head model is critical for accurate estimation of neuronal responses; however, caution should be used in the selection of anisotropic information.     

Effect of load position on muscle forces,internal loads and stability of the human spine in upright postures

A novel kinematics-based approach coupled with a non-linear finite element model was used to investigate the effect of changes in the load position and posture on muscle activity, internal loads and stability margin of the human spine in upright standing postures. In addition to 397 N gravity, external loads of 195 and 380 N were considered at different lever arms and heights. Muscle forces, internal loads and stability margin substantially increased as loads displaced anteriorly away from the body. Under same load magnitude and location, adopting a kyphotic posture as compared with a lordotic one increased muscle forces, internal loads and stability margin. An increase in the height of a load held at a fixed lever arm substantially diminished system stability thus requiring additional muscle activations to maintain the same margin of stability. Results suggest the importance of the load position and lumbar posture in spinal biomechanics during various manual material handling operations.     

Magnetic field of a single muscle fiber. First measurements and a core conductor model.

We present the first measurements of the magnetic field from a single muscle fiber of the frog gastrocnemius, obtained by using a toroidal pickup coil coupled to a room-temperature, low-noise amplifier. The axial currents associated with the magnetic fields of single fibers were biphasic and had peak-to-peak amplitudes ranging between 50 and 100 nA, depending primarily on the fiber radius. With an intracellular microelectrode, we measured the action potential of the same fiber, which allowed us to determine that the intracellular conductivity of the muscle fiber in the core conductor approximation was 0.20 +/- 0.09 S/m. Similarly, we found that the effective membrane capacitance was 0.030 +/- 0.011 F/m2. These results were not significantly affected by the anisotropic conductivity of the muscle bundle. We demonstrate how our magnetic technique can be used to determine the transmembrane action potential without penetrating the membrane with a microelectrode, thereby offering a reliable, stable, and atraumatic method for studying contracting muscle fibers.