Title :
The virtual physiological human: challenges and opportunities
Author :
Viceconti, Marco ; Clapworthy, Gordon
Author_Institution :
Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna
Abstract :
This paper summarises the current achievements and future developments of the virtual physiological human (VPH) technology. The VPH is an organised collection of computational frameworks and ICT-based tools for the multilevel modelling and simulation of the human anatomy and physiology. Once sufficiently developed, the VPH will provide an essential technological infrastructure to the Physiome Project, to pathology-specific initiatives in translational research, and to vertical solutions for the biomedical industry
Keywords :
medical computing; physiological models; virtual reality; ICT-based tools; Physiome Project; biomedical industry; computational frameworks; human anatomy; human physiology; multilevel modelling; pathology-specific initiatives; translational research; vertical solutions; virtual physiological human; Bioinformatics; Biological system modeling; Collaboration; Genomics; Humans; Information systems; Laboratories; Organisms; Pathology; Predictive models;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Imaging: Nano to Macro, 2006. 3rd IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9576-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISBI.2006.1625042
