Description

The University of Tokyo and Fujitsu limited have been jointly working for more than 10 years to reproduce an individual’s heart by supercomputer. The heart simulator can respond to needs from medical fields rapidly as a practical modeling procedure utilizing the technology. The heart simulator can reproduce an individual’s heart motion precisely by computing electrical and mechanical behavior at the molecular structure level utilizing clinical data such as images of CT and ultrasound as input data. In addition to the heart movement, for example, the heart simulator can compute the energy consumption of each part of the heart. It can compute change of myocardium thickness, internal structure and blood flow precisely as well as the appearance. This is the highest technology in the world utilizing the computing power of a supercomputer that enables the simulation. This technology enables us to recognize medical information that is difficult for present medical devices to grasp in advance. And it also enables us to try various treatments on the heart reproduced in the virtual world. As a result, doctors can provide a more rational diagnosis and propose less invasive therapy to patients.
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