Title :
A dog and fox oscillator simulation for the coupling between heart and lungs
Author :
Sinigaglia, G. ; Nichelatti, M. ; Pettazzoni, P. ; Bersani, F. ; Goganyi, G. ; Pallotti, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Bologna Univ., Italy
Abstract :
An electric analog model of the possible interactions between cardiac and respiratory oscillations is presented. Two oscillators (called dog and fox) are connected to the inputs of a numerical exnor to give a qualitative simulation of the behavior of the correspondent physiological systems under normal conditions. An effective decoupling of the two oscillators with the shift of the characteristic frequencies is shown.<>
Keywords :
cardiology; physiological models; characteristic frequencies; dog and fox oscillator simulation; heart/lung coupling; numerical exnor;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0785-2
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1988.94937
