Living Heart Model

A collaboration between Dassault Systèmes and the U.S. FDA on a groundbreaking application of virtual twins and generative AI in healthcare

EBooks

Doctors team with engineers to create virtual twins and usher in a new era of precision and personalized care.

Article

The Living Heart Human Model is a breakthrough computational model capable of simulating the realistic electromechanical behavior of a beating human heart.

Brochures

Being able to visualize blood flow in leaving heart helps to understand heart diseases and define strategy for surgical intervention. The ideal simulation should be performed on a specific patient heart model (individual geometry) to correctly asses the specific cardiac problem and predict possible treatment. In this paper two approaches is presented for simulating blood flow using numerical CFD approach: simulation based on the SIMULIA Living Heart FE Model and simulation based on dynamic 3D heart model obtained from a 3D MRI/MRT scanner. The CFD simulation is performed in both cases using FlowVision CFD code. Both approaches provide a better understanding of the blood flow during a cardiac cycle.

Customer Papers

Incorporation of the Living Heart Model (LHM) Incorporation of the Living Heart Model (LHM) into the 4D XCAT Phantom for Cardiac Imaging Research

Solution Briefs

According to the American Heart Association, more than 850,000 people per year...

Article

Dassault Systèmes announced that a beta test is underway to evaluate a new generation of the Living Heart model that can be highly customized for individual patients or patient populations.

Press Release

The Living Heart Project began in 2014 by uniting experts with a common goal to build a virtual twin of the heart. Its success inspired the Living Brain, Living Lungs and now the Living Liver.

E-seminar

The SIMULIA Living Heart Human Model provides a unique testing environment where a pacemaker lead can be virtually inserted and mechanically deformed during the cardiac cycle. Once the mechanical deformation results are obtained, the long-term durability of the implant can be assessed. The virtual nature of the test provides a physiologically accurate methodology to test new and existing devices without exposing patients to un-necessary risk.

Tech Notes

The SIMULIA Living Heart Human Model provides a unique testing environment where a stent can be deployed virtually in coronary arteries and deformed mechanically during the cardiac cycle. Once the mechanical deformation results are obtained, the long-term durability of the stent can be assessed. The virtual nature of the test provides a physiologically accurate methodology to test new and existing devices without exposing patients to unnecessary risk.

Tech Notes

The SIMULIA Living Heart Human Model (LHHM) is a platform to study various heart diseases and to evaluate the effectiveness of various devices. While previous studies have shown that LHHM‐based simulations can be used for early‐stage effectiveness assessments of devices, such as an annuloplasty ring, more thorough assessments and optimization of device function require a more rigorous framework. In this study, we focus on such a framework for Mitral Valve (MV) function. This study demonstrates that the Living Heart Human Model can be used as a platform to better understand cardiac functioning of healthy hearts, which then allows the potential to introduce disease states, and to simulate effectiveness of potential treatment options in increasingly rigorous manners.

Customer Papers