@article{oai:mie-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00005079,
 author = {SAWAKI, Yutaka and 佐脇, 豊 and INABA, Tadashi and 稲葉, 忠司 and TOKUDA, Masataka and 徳田, 正孝},
 journal = {Research reports of the Faculty of Engineering, Mie University},
 month = {Dec},
 note = {application/pdf, A numerical simulation system using the three-dimensional finite element method (3D-FEM) is established to reproduce the performance of the left ventricle during one cardiac cycle, which may ultimately provide useful information for medical diagnoses. The simulation system consists of a 3D-FEM mechanical model of the left ventricle based on four fundamental models, that is,  (1)a mechanical model of myocardial muscle fiber which produces the active force,  (2)a mechanical model of the left ventricle which is composed of the myocardial muscle fiber,  (3)a transmission model of electric stimulus, and  (4)a circulatory system model which gives the pre- and after-loads to the left ventricular model. In this paper, the fundamental system of the simulator is explained, and some typical examples of computational results obtained by this system are shown and discussed. The reliability of the simulator is examined by comparing some numerical results with the corresponding results obtained by medical imaging technique.},
 pages = {1--10},
 title = {Estimation of Cardiac Functions by Numerical Method},
 volume = {26},
 year = {2001}
}