Simulations in medicine : pre-clinical and clinical applications / Irena Roterman-Konieczna (Ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roterman-Konieczna, Irena, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Computer simulation.

Medicine.

Medicine--Simulation methods.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Simulations are an integral part of medical education today. Many universities have simulation centers, so-called skills labs, where students and medical personal can practice diagnostics and procedures on life-like mannequins. Others offer simulation courses in the different sub-disciplines. In the pre-clinical phase, simulations are used to illustrate basic principles in physiology, anatomy, genetics, and biochemistry. For example, simulations can show how the metabolism of enzymes changes in the presence of inhibitors, illustrating drug actions. This book covers all areas of simulations in medicine, starting from the molecular level via tissues and organs to the whole body. At the beginning of each chapter, a biological phenomenon is described, such as cell communication, gene translation, or the action of anti-carcinogenic drugs on tumors. In the following, simulations that illustrate these phenomena are discussed in detail, with the focus on how to use and interpret these simulations. The book is complemented by topics such as serious games and distance medicine. The book is based on a course for medical students organized in the editor's department. Every year, around 300 international undergraduate medical students take the course.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Contents

List of authors

Part I: Molecular level

1. Selected aspects of biological network analysis / Piwowar, Monika / Jurkowski, Wiktor

Part II: Cellular level

2. Negative feedback inhibition - Fundamental biological regulation in cells and organisms / Wach, Jakub / Bubak, Marian / Nowakowski, Piotr / Roterman, Irena / Konieczny, Leszek / Chłopaś, Katarzyna

3. Information - A tool to interpret the biological phenomena / Roterman-Konieczna, Irena

Part III: Organ level

4. The virtual heart / Sochocka, Anna / Kawa, Tomasz

5. Modeling figure/ground separation with spiking neurons / Ebner, Marc / Hameroff, Stuart

Part IV: Whole body level

6. Simulation-based analysis of musculoskeletal system properties / Tadeusiewicz, Ryszard

Part V: Diagnostics procedure

7. The world of virtual patients / Kononowicz, Andrzej A. / Hege, Inga

8. Interactive virtual patients in immersive clinical environments: The potential for learning / Davies, Dick / Arciaga, Peregrina / Dev, Parvati / Heinrichs, Wm LeRoy

9. Melanoma thickness prediction / Jaworek-Korjakowska, Joanna / Tadeusiewicz, Ryszard

Part VI: Therapy

10. Simulating cancer chemotherapy / Tadeusiewicz, Ryszard

11. Introduction to Reverse Engineering and Rapid Prototyping in medical applications / Dudek, Piotr / Cieślik, Jacek

12. Computer simulations in surgical education / Wiśniowski, Zdzisław / Dąbroś, Jakub / Dygut, Jacek

Part VII: Support of therapy

13. From telemedicine to modeling and proactive medicine / Czekierda, Łukasz / Gackowski, Andrzej / Konieczny, Marek / Malawski, Filip / Skałkowski, Kornel / Szydło, Tomasz / Zieliński, Krzysztof

14. Serious games in medicine / Węgrzyn, Paweł / Grabska, Ewa / Roterman-Konieczna, Irena

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 22, 2015).

ISBN:

9783110406344

3110406349

9783110406443

3110406446

OCLC:

945756581