In vitro Estimation of Cardiac Output for the TAH using an Adaptive Fuzzy Identifier

  • Choi, W.W. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Jo, Y.H. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Ahn, J.M. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, S.K. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Choi, J.S. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Om, K.S. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, J.J. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Choi, J.H. (School of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, H.C. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Min, B.G. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 1996.11.15

Abstract

An estimation algorithm based on training of fuzzy logic system using back-propagation is proposed, in this paper, for determining cardiac output in the TAH. The proposed estimation utilizes only a motor current waveform generated from the moving actuator of the electromechanical TAH without using any extra transducers as an information source for estimation. In in vitro tests, the resultant estimation performance was acceptable to alppy the proposed algorithm to animal experiments and further clinical applications.

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