Bio-Medical Application of Information Systems

Our laboratory focuses on the applications of information systems to biomedical researches in the COE program. We have constructed 3D morphology database system of human embryo and biomedical simulation system of the heart. The 3D morphology database system is assembled from a huge collection of human embryo samples and the 3D morphology is derived from real measurement data. By searching document data concerning embryo, parents and pregnancy, user can observe 3D morphological data of the embryo and compare them. For the simulation of the heart, we have designed and constructed a system dedicated to biomedical simulation by taking account of hierarchical structures of biological system from molecular scale to body scale. The wall motion simulation of the heart using our biomedical simulation system is based on cellular level model of cardiac muscle and physiological behavior of heart can be reproduced from cell to organ level