Title :
On a Population of Labile Synthesized Relaxation Oscillators
Author :
Bardakjian, Berj L. ; El-Sharkawy, Taher Y. ; Diamant, Nicholas E.
Author_Institution :
Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
Abstract :
A labile synthesized relaxation oscillator (SRO), exhibiting rhythmic activity when excited by an appropriate stimulus, is proposed. Such an oscillator can be used to represent a stimulus-dependent (or labile) biological rhythm. A population of coupled labile SRO´s is investigated and its generic equation is presented. The relationship between an input stimulus and an output rhythmic activity of an SRO is described in a computer-simulated example. Also, a tubular structure of nine coupled labile SRO´s exhibiting apparently propagating bursts of rhythmic activity is simulated.
Keywords :
Biological system modeling; Biology computing; Colon; Equations; Frequency; Humans; In vivo; Muscles; Oscillators; Rhythm; Animals; Dogs; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Oscillometry;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TBME.1983.325182
