Creating a virtual heart To produce a piece of art you will first need a canvas Patricia Martínez Díaz 27. September. 2021 Hey! Welcome back. It’s been almost a year since the beginning of my PhD and I would like to celebrate my first 12 months working as a researcher by sharing with you a …
How virtual hearts can save real hearts Patricia Martínez Díaz 4. May. 2021 In previous blogs, we talked about the theoretical basis for understanding how virtual hearts are made. We described the Hodking-Huxley mathematical models and how they helped us to improve our knowledge of the electrical activity of cells. In fact, those equations were …
A Brief Introduction to the Patch Clamp Technique and the Hodgkin–Huxley Equations Patricia Martínez Díaz 6. April. 2021 Hello and welcome back! Now that we had explained some of the basics of electrophysiological modeling in the previous posts, this time I am going to talk about the Patch clamp technique and to further explain the …
Using Computer Models to Study the Heart II. The Electrical Analogue Patricia Martínez Díaz 1. February.2021 Welcome back! In our last post we explained that modeling is the process of using mathematical equations to describe the behavior of a system or a signal. Scientists use models to study the complex interactions between ions, channels, and intracellular …
Using Computer Models to Study the Heart Patricia Martínez Díaz 1. December.2020 Welcome to my blog! Do you imagine a world where doctors have access to a digital version of their patients’ hearts and can use it to plan procedures before entering the operating room? This might sound like a dream, but it is becoming …
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