TITLE:

THE HEART IN CHAOS (No. 30)

DATE:

Friday, January 30th, 2004

TIME:

3:30 PM

LOCATION:

GMCS 214

SPEAKER:

Mark Spano, Immediate Past Chair, Division of Biological Physics, American Physical Society

ABSTRACT:

The heart is an extremely complex system that has mechanical and electrical aspects, with a large dose of nonlinearity thrown in. In such a mix, it would be surprising if chaos were not present.

This talk will begin by explaining chaos and ways of controlling it in a simple mechanical system. Attempts to apply these nonlinear dynamical concepts to the heart will be described. The talk will conclude with movies of the electrical activity of the heart during ventricular fibrillation.

HOST:

SDSU and SPAWAR Nonlinear Dynamics Group

DOWNLOAD: