Title :
Qualitative simulation of urea extraction during dialysis
Author :
Balestra, Gabriella ; Liberati, Diego
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Autom. ed. Inf., Polytecnico di Torino, Italy
fDate :
6/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The methodologies of qualitative reasoning are applied to the urea extraction process. The information obtained by quantitative simulation is compared with that acquired by qualitative analysis. It is found that qualitative simulation can specify the response of the dialysis system, as it is usually described in the literature, with no substantial variations. The possibility of using a qualitative approach to establish the characteristics of the system and to provide a general framework for more detailed quantitative analysis is investigated.<>
Keywords :
digital simulation; patient treatment; physiological models; dialysis; qualitative reasoning; system characteristics; urea extraction process; Artificial intelligence; Biological system modeling; Blood; Data mining; Filtering; Kinetic theory; Laboratories; Medical simulation; Medical treatment; Sampling methods;
Journal_Title :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
