8th Symposium

 

8th Ragnar Granit Symposium and 1st CSC Scientific Meeting
Cardiovascular Hemodynamics
from Modeling to Clinical Applications

PROGRAM

Thursday, 13.9.2001

9.00 Registration

10.00 Opening

Professor Jaakko Malmivuo

10.05 Introduction Lecture

Prof. Ari Harjula,
Helsinki University Hospital

IMAGING THE HEMODYNAMICS

10.20 Doppler and 3D Ultrasound

Prof. Olav van Ramm,
Duke University, USA

11.10 Cardiovascular Imaging-Modeling-Imagining

Dr. Philip Kilner
Royal Brompton Hospital
Imperial College, UK

12.00 Lunch

IMAGING AND MEASURING THE HEMODYNAMICS AND CARDIAC OUTPUT

13.30 Echocardiographic Assessment of Cardiac and Myocardial Function

MD Kaj Groundstroem
Tampere University Hospital

14.00 MR Imaging

MD Kirsi Lauerma
Helsinki University Hospital

14.30 Impedance Cardiography

PhD Pasi Kauppinen
Tampere University of
Technology

15.00 Ballistocardiography

Prof. Raimo Sepponen
Helsinki University of
Technology

15.30 Coffee

MONITORING THE CARDIAC OUTPUT

16.00 New Dilution Techniques

Dr. Samer Nashef
Cambridge University, UK

16.50 Cardiac Output Monitoring: Limitations and Goals for the Improvement

MD Markku Salmenperä
Helsinki University Hospital

17.20 SUMMARY

18.30 Get -together

Amos Anderson Art Museum
Yrjönkatu 27

Friday, 14.9.2001

COMPUTATIONAL HEMODYNAMICS - FROM REALITY TO MODELS

8.30 Accurate Segmentation of Vessels from MR Images

Prof. Juan R. Cebral
George Mason University,
USA

9.20 Segmentation of MR Images Using Deformable Models

PhD Jyrki Lötjönen
VTT Information Technology

9.50 Voxel Based Segmentation

PhD Tomi Heinonen
Yomi Fusion and
Ragnar Granit Institute

10.20 Coffee

FROM THE CELL FUNCTION AND ECG TO BLOOD FLOW

10.50 Modeling the Heart Activation

PhD Kim Simelius
Helsinki University of
Technology

11.20 Combining the Electric and Mechanic Functions of the Heart

PhD Frank B. Sachse
University of Karlsruhe
Germany

12.10 Lunch

13.30 Physical and Mathematical Modeling of Cardiac Systolic and Diastolic Functions Based on Torrent-Guasp's Concept

Prof. Morteza Gharib
California Institute of
Technology, USA

COMPUTATIONAL HEMODYNAMICS - CLINICAL APPLICATIONS

14.10 Flow Predictions During Neuro-Surgery and Carotid Stenting

Prof. Juan R. Cebral
George Mason University, USA

15.00 Coffee

COMPUTATIONAL HEMODYNAMICS - VIRTUAL SURGERY

15.20 Simulation-Based Medical Planning for Cardiovascular Disease

Prof. Charles A. Taylor
Stanford University, USA

16.10 Summary

16.30 Closing