Modelling Standards and Tools

euHeartDB: web-based management system for the reuse and sharing of geometrical models of the heart.

CellML: open standard based on the XML markup language to store and exchange computer-based mathematical models.

FieldML: declarative language for building hierarchical models represented by generalized mathematical fields.

CMISS: mathematical modelling environment that allows the application of finite element analysis, boundary element and collocation techniques to a variety of complex bioengineering problems.

CardioViz3D: aims at providing researchers with a set of tools for the processing, simulation and visualization of cardiac data.

MedINRIA: aims at providing to clinicians state-of-the-art algorithms dedicated to medical image processing and visualization.

GIMIAS: software platform designed to be an integrative tool for fast prototyping of medical applications.

 

Related European Research Projects

VPH NoE: The VPH Network of Excellence.

preDiCT: FP7 project to create an advanced computational technology for in silico assessment of the efficacy and safety of specific drugs.

ARCH: FP7 project on patient specific image-based computational modelling for improvement of short- and long-term outcome of vascular access in patient on hemodialysis therapy

ARTreat: FP7 project providing a patient-specific computational model of the cardiovascular system, used to improve the quality of prediction for the atherosclerosis progression and propagation into life-threatening events that need to be treated accordingly.

VPH2: FP7 project to develop the virtual pathological heart of the virtual physiological human

@neurIST: FP6 project to integrate biomedical informatics in the management of cerebral aneurysms.

Coast: FP6 project developing a multi-scale, multi-science framework coined Complex Automata for modelling and simulation of complex systems based on a hierarchical aggregation of coupled Cellular Automata and agent-based models.

HeartCycle: FP7 project to provide a closed-loop disease management solution being able to serve both heart failure patients and chronic heart disease patients including possible co-morbidities hypertension, diabetes and arrhythmias.

Portfolio of the eHealth projects in the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union (FP7).

Portfolio of the eHealth Projects in the 6th Framework Programme of the European Union (FP6).

 

Virtual Physiological Human Activities

The IUPS Physiome Project: Worldwide public domain effort to provide a computational framework for understanding human and other eukaryotic physiology.

Heart Physiome: international collaborative effort between the universities of Auckland and Oxford to develop a multi-scale modelling framework for the heart that can be used for addressing a wide range of scientific and clinical questions.

Cardiosense3D: initiative focusing on the electro-mechanical modeling of the heart.

BiomedTown: Meeting place to develop the shared vision of Integrative Research by representatives from Biomedical Research & Technology, Biomedical Industry and Clinical Practice.

EuroPhysiome: initiative coordinated by the STEP Coordination action, which aims to establish a better coordination between European Physiome projects.

 

From the European Commission

eHealth: Better healthcare for Europe.

eHealth news: Dissemination of the European eHealth related news articles.

Cordis: Official portal for participating in FP7 and following related developments in European science and technology.