AbstractCardiacCellInterface Class Reference

#include <AbstractCardiacCellInterface.hpp>

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Public Member Functions

AbstractCardiacCellInterface (boost::shared_ptr< AbstractIvpOdeSolver > pOdeSolver, unsigned voltageIndex, boost::shared_ptr< AbstractStimulusFunction > pIntracellularStimulus)

virtual ~AbstractCardiacCellInterface ()

virtual void ResetToInitialConditions ()=0

virtual OdeSolution Compute (double tStart, double tEnd, double tSamp=0.0)=0

virtual void ComputeExceptVoltage (double tStart, double tEnd)=0

virtual double GetIIonic ()=0

virtual void SetVoltage (double voltage)=0

virtual double GetVoltage ()=0

unsigned GetVoltageIndex ()

void SetStimulusFunction (boost::shared_ptr< AbstractStimulusFunction > pStimulus)

double GetStimulus (double time)

void SetIntracellularStimulusFunction (boost::shared_ptr< AbstractStimulusFunction > pStimulus)

double GetIntracellularStimulus (double time)

double GetIntracellularAreaStimulus (double time)

void SetUsedInTissueSimulation (bool tissue=true)

virtual void UseCellMLDefaultStimulus ()

bool HasCellMLDefaultStimulus ()

virtual void VerifyStateVariables ()

boost::shared_ptr
< AbstractStimulusFunction > GetStimulusFunction ()

const boost::shared_ptr
< AbstractStimulusFunction > GetStimulusFunction () const

const boost::shared_ptr
< AbstractIvpOdeSolver > GetSolver () const

Protected Attributes

unsigned mVoltageIndex

boost::shared_ptr
< AbstractIvpOdeSolver > mpOdeSolver

boost::shared_ptr
< AbstractStimulusFunction > mpIntracellularStimulus

bool mSetVoltageDerivativeToZero

bool mIsUsedInTissue

bool mHasDefaultStimulusFromCellML

Private Member Functions

template<class Archive>

void serialize (Archive &archive, const unsigned int version)

Friends

class boost::serialization::access

Detailed Description

This class defines a common interface to AbstractCardiacCell and AbstractCvodeCell, primarily for the benefit of single-cell cardiac simulations, so that calling code doesn't need to know which solver is being used.

Strictly speaking this isn't an interface, since some methods have implementations defined. But the name AbstractCardiacCell was already taken.

Note that serialization is not defined for this class. AbstractCvodeCell does not have (or need) serialization at present, so adding serialization here would break archive backwards compatibility for little gain.

Definition at line 53 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.hpp.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

AbstractCardiacCellInterface::AbstractCardiacCellInterface	(	boost::shared_ptr< AbstractIvpOdeSolver >	pOdeSolver,
		unsigned	voltageIndex,
		boost::shared_ptr< AbstractStimulusFunction >	pIntracellularStimulus
	)

Create a new cardiac cell. The state variables of the cell will be set to AbstractOdeSystemInformation::GetInitialConditions(). Note that calls to SetDefaultInitialConditions() on a particular instance of this class will not modify its state variables. You can modify them directly with rGetStateVariables().

Parameters:

	pOdeSolver	the ODE solver to use when simulating this cell (ignored for some subclasses; can be an empty pointer in these cases)
	voltageIndex	the index of the transmembrane potential within the vector of state variables
	pIntracellularStimulus	the intracellular stimulus current

Definition at line 35 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.cpp.

AbstractCardiacCellInterface::~AbstractCardiacCellInterface ( ) [virtual]

Virtual destructor

Definition at line 49 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

virtual void AbstractCardiacCellInterface::ResetToInitialConditions ( ) [pure virtual]

Reset the model's state variables to the default initial conditions.

Implemented in AbstractCardiacCell, and AbstractCvodeCell.

virtual OdeSolution AbstractCardiacCellInterface::Compute	(	double	tStart,
		double	tEnd,
		double	tSamp = `0.0`
	)			`[pure virtual]`

Simulates this cell's behaviour between the time interval [tStart, tEnd], and return state variable values. The timestep used will depend on the subclass implementation.

Parameters:

	tStart	beginning of the time interval to simulate
	tEnd	end of the time interval to simulate
	tSamp	sampling interval for returned results (defaults to dt)

Implemented in AbstractBackwardEulerCardiacCell< SIZE >, AbstractCardiacCell, and AbstractCvodeCell.

virtual void AbstractCardiacCellInterface::ComputeExceptVoltage	(	double	tStart,
		double	tEnd
	)			`[pure virtual]`

Simulates this cell's behaviour between the time interval [tStart, tEnd], but does not update the voltage. The timestep used will depend on the subclass implementation.

Parameters:

	tStart	beginning of the time interval to simulate
	tEnd	end of the time interval to simulate

Implemented in AbstractBackwardEulerCardiacCell< SIZE >, AbstractCardiacCell, AbstractCvodeCell, and FakeBathCell.

virtual double AbstractCardiacCellInterface::GetIIonic ( ) [pure virtual]

Computes the total current flowing through the cell membrane, using the current values of the state variables.

Should return a value in units of microamps/cm^2. Note that many cell models do not use these dimensions (let alone these units) and so a complex conversion is required. There are 2 main cases:

Cell model uses amps per unit capacitance. Often in this case the units used for the cell capacitance don't make sense (e.g. uF/cm^2 is used, and dV/dt=I/C_m). Hence we suggest examining the equation for dV/dt given in the model to determine what the cell model really considers the value for C_m to be, and scaling by Chaste's C_m / cell model C_m (the latter implicitly being dimensionless).
Cell model uses amps. In this case you need to divide by an estimate of the cell surface area. Assuming the model represents a single cell, and gives C_m in farads, then scaling by Chaste's C_m / model C_m seems reasonable. If the 'cell model' doesn't actually represent a single whole cell, then you'll have to be more careful. In both cases additional scaling may be required to obtain correct units once the dimensions have been sorted out.

Chaste's value for C_m can be obtained from HeartConfig::Instance()->GetCapacitance() and is measured in uF/cm^2.

Implemented in FakeBathCell, FitzHughNagumo1961OdeSystem, and CML_noble_varghese_kohl_noble_1998_basic_with_sac.

virtual void AbstractCardiacCellInterface::SetVoltage ( double voltage ) [pure virtual]

Set the transmembrane potential

Parameters:

voltage

new value

Implemented in AbstractCardiacCell, and AbstractCvodeCell.

virtual double AbstractCardiacCellInterface::GetVoltage ( ) [pure virtual]

Get the current value of the transmembrane potential, as given in our state variable vector.

Implemented in AbstractCardiacCell, and AbstractCvodeCell.

unsigned AbstractCardiacCellInterface::GetVoltageIndex ( )

Get the index of the transmembrane potential within our state variable vector.

Definition at line 54 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.cpp.

References mVoltageIndex.

void AbstractCardiacCellInterface::SetStimulusFunction ( boost::shared_ptr< AbstractStimulusFunction > pStimulus )

Set the intracellular stimulus. Shorthand for SetIntracellularStimulusFunction.

Parameters:

pStimulus

new stimulus function

Definition at line 60 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.cpp.

References SetIntracellularStimulusFunction().

double AbstractCardiacCellInterface::GetStimulus ( double time )

Get the value of the intracellular stimulus. Shorthand for GetIntracellularStimulus.

Parameters:

time

the time at which to evaluate the stimulus

Definition at line 66 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.cpp.

References GetIntracellularStimulus().

Referenced by CML_noble_varghese_kohl_noble_1998_basic_with_sac::EvaluateYDerivatives(), and FitzHughNagumo1961OdeSystem::EvaluateYDerivatives().

void AbstractCardiacCellInterface::SetIntracellularStimulusFunction ( boost::shared_ptr< AbstractStimulusFunction > pStimulus )

Set the intracellular stimulus. This should have units of uA/cm^2 for single-cell problems, or uA/cm^3 in a tissue simulation.

Parameters:

pStimulus

new stimulus function

Definition at line 72 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.cpp.

References mpIntracellularStimulus.

Referenced by HeartConfigRelatedCellFactory< SPACE_DIM >::SetCellIntracellularStimulus(), and SetStimulusFunction().

double AbstractCardiacCellInterface::GetIntracellularStimulus ( double time )

Get the value of the intracellular stimulus. This will have units of uA/cm^2 for single-cell problems, or uA/cm^3 in a tissue simulation.

Parameters:

time

the time at which to evaluate the stimulus

Definition at line 78 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.cpp.

References mpIntracellularStimulus.

Referenced by GetIntracellularAreaStimulus(), and GetStimulus().

double AbstractCardiacCellInterface::GetIntracellularAreaStimulus ( double time )

Get the value of the intracellular stimulus. This will always be in units of uA/cm^2.

Parameters:

time

the time at which to evaluate the stimulus

Definition at line 84 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.cpp.

References GetIntracellularStimulus(), HeartConfig::GetSurfaceAreaToVolumeRatio(), HeartConfig::Instance(), and mIsUsedInTissue.

void AbstractCardiacCellInterface::SetUsedInTissueSimulation ( bool tissue = true )

Set whether this cell object exists in the context of a tissue simulation, or can be used for single cell simulations. This affects the units of the intracellular stimulus (see GetIntracellularStimulus) and so is used by GetIntracellularAreaStimulus to perform a units conversion if necessary.

Parameters:

tissue

true if cell is in a tissue

Definition at line 99 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.cpp.

References mIsUsedInTissue.

void AbstractCardiacCellInterface::UseCellMLDefaultStimulus ( ) [virtual]

Use CellML metadata to set up the default stimulus for this cell. By default this method will always throw an exception. For suitably annotated models, PyCml will override this to provide a RegularStimulus as defined in the CellML.

Definition at line 104 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.cpp.

References EXCEPTION, and mHasDefaultStimulusFromCellML.

bool AbstractCardiacCellInterface::HasCellMLDefaultStimulus ( )

Returns:: Whether the cell was generated from a CellML file with stimulus metadata.

Definition at line 110 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.cpp.

References mHasDefaultStimulusFromCellML.

virtual void AbstractCardiacCellInterface::VerifyStateVariables ( ) [inline, virtual]

Empty method which can be over-ridden in concrete cell class which should go through the current state vector and go range checking on the values (eg check that concentrations are positive and gating variables are between zero and one). This method is called in the ComputeExceptVoltage method.

Reimplemented in AbstractCardiacCell.

Definition at line 207 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.hpp.

Referenced by AbstractCvodeCell::Solve().

boost::shared_ptr< AbstractStimulusFunction > AbstractCardiacCellInterface::GetStimulusFunction ( )

Returns:: The Intracellular stimulus function pointer

Definition at line 115 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.cpp.

References mpIntracellularStimulus.

const boost::shared_ptr< AbstractStimulusFunction > AbstractCardiacCellInterface::GetStimulusFunction ( ) const

For boost archiving use only (that's why the 'consts' are required)

Returns:: The Intracellular stimulus function pointer

Definition at line 121 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.cpp.

References mpIntracellularStimulus.

const boost::shared_ptr< AbstractIvpOdeSolver > AbstractCardiacCellInterface::GetSolver ( ) const

For boost archiving use only (that's why the 'consts' are required)

Returns:: pointer to the ODE solver being used

Definition at line 126 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.cpp.

References mpOdeSolver.

template<class Archive>

void AbstractCardiacCellInterface::serialize	(	Archive &	archive,
		const unsigned int	version
	)			`[inline, private]`

This is needed to register the base-derived relationship between this class and AbstractCardiacCell; however, serialization of our members is done by AbstractCardiacCell in order to maintain archive backwards compatibility more easily, since we never archive AbstractCvodeCell s.

Parameters:

	archive
	version

Reimplemented in AbstractBackwardEulerCardiacCell< SIZE >, AbstractCardiacCell, FakeBathCell, and CML_noble_varghese_kohl_noble_1998_basic_with_sac.

Definition at line 269 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.hpp.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

friend class boost::serialization::access [friend]

Needed for serialization.

Reimplemented in AbstractBackwardEulerCardiacCell< SIZE >, AbstractCardiacCell, FakeBathCell, and CML_noble_varghese_kohl_noble_1998_basic_with_sac.

Definition at line 258 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.hpp.

Member Data Documentation

unsigned AbstractCardiacCellInterface::mVoltageIndex [protected]

The index of the voltage within our state variable vector.

Definition at line 235 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.hpp.

Referenced by FitzHughNagumo1961OdeSystem::GetIIonic(), AbstractCvodeCell::GetVoltage(), AbstractCardiacCell::GetVoltage(), GetVoltageIndex(), AbstractCvodeCell::SetVoltage(), and AbstractCardiacCell::SetVoltage().

boost::shared_ptr<AbstractIvpOdeSolver> AbstractCardiacCellInterface::mpOdeSolver [protected]

Pointer to the solver used to simulate this cell.

Definition at line 238 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.hpp.

Referenced by AbstractCardiacCell::Compute(), AbstractCardiacCell::ComputeExceptVoltage(), and GetSolver().

boost::shared_ptr<AbstractStimulusFunction> AbstractCardiacCellInterface::mpIntracellularStimulus [protected]

The intracellular stimulus current.

Definition at line 241 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.hpp.

Referenced by GetIntracellularStimulus(), GetStimulusFunction(), and SetIntracellularStimulusFunction().

bool AbstractCardiacCellInterface::mSetVoltageDerivativeToZero [protected]

Flag set to true if ComputeExceptVoltage is called, to indicate to subclass EvaluateYDerivatives methods that V should be considered fixed, and hence dV/dt set to zero.

Definition at line 248 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.hpp.

Referenced by AbstractCardiacCell::ComputeExceptVoltage(), CML_noble_varghese_kohl_noble_1998_basic_with_sac::EvaluateYDerivatives(), FitzHughNagumo1961OdeSystem::EvaluateYDerivatives(), AbstractCardiacCell::serialize(), and AbstractCvodeCell::SetVoltageDerivativeToZero().

bool AbstractCardiacCellInterface::mIsUsedInTissue [protected]

Whether this cell exists in a tissue, or is an isolated cell.

Definition at line 251 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.hpp.

Referenced by GetIntracellularAreaStimulus(), AbstractCardiacCell::serialize(), and SetUsedInTissueSimulation().

bool AbstractCardiacCellInterface::mHasDefaultStimulusFromCellML [protected]

Whether this cell has a default stimulus specified by CellML metadata

Definition at line 254 of file AbstractCardiacCellInterface.hpp.

Referenced by HasCellMLDefaultStimulus(), AbstractCardiacCell::serialize(), and UseCellMLDefaultStimulus().

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

heart/src/odes/AbstractCardiacCellInterface.hpp
heart/src/odes/AbstractCardiacCellInterface.cpp


Public Member Functions
	AbstractCardiacCellInterface (boost::shared_ptr< AbstractIvpOdeSolver > pOdeSolver, unsigned voltageIndex, boost::shared_ptr< AbstractStimulusFunction > pIntracellularStimulus)
virtual	~AbstractCardiacCellInterface ()
virtual void	ResetToInitialConditions ()=0
virtual OdeSolution	Compute (double tStart, double tEnd, double tSamp=0.0)=0
virtual void	ComputeExceptVoltage (double tStart, double tEnd)=0
virtual double	GetIIonic ()=0
virtual void	SetVoltage (double voltage)=0
virtual double	GetVoltage ()=0
unsigned	GetVoltageIndex ()
void	SetStimulusFunction (boost::shared_ptr< AbstractStimulusFunction > pStimulus)
double	GetStimulus (double time)
void	SetIntracellularStimulusFunction (boost::shared_ptr< AbstractStimulusFunction > pStimulus)
double	GetIntracellularStimulus (double time)
double	GetIntracellularAreaStimulus (double time)
void	SetUsedInTissueSimulation (bool tissue=true)
virtual void	UseCellMLDefaultStimulus ()
bool	HasCellMLDefaultStimulus ()
virtual void	VerifyStateVariables ()
boost::shared_ptr < AbstractStimulusFunction >	GetStimulusFunction ()
const boost::shared_ptr < AbstractStimulusFunction >	GetStimulusFunction () const
const boost::shared_ptr < AbstractIvpOdeSolver >	GetSolver () const
Protected Attributes
unsigned	mVoltageIndex
boost::shared_ptr < AbstractIvpOdeSolver >	mpOdeSolver
boost::shared_ptr < AbstractStimulusFunction >	mpIntracellularStimulus
bool	mSetVoltageDerivativeToZero
bool	mIsUsedInTissue
bool	mHasDefaultStimulusFromCellML
Private Member Functions
template<class Archive>
void	serialize (Archive &archive, const unsigned int version)
Friends
class	boost::serialization::access