ICT in Medical Informatics

 

Naszlady, Attila

Medical informatics started in Hungary at the early 60-ies of the XX-th century. Data collection was not allowed in our socialist regime that time, so we begun the application of ICT with analogue computer modelling. My first result was the recognition of analogy between the stroke of lightening in an electrical long distance transmission line and the heart beat in the arterial system, in 1964. The same phenomena could be observed in both structure: pressure-voltage wave propagation, wave reflections, lateral leakage of flow, etc. Matematical computer modells have been constructed with branching lumped quadrupoles and their loops were described by Kirchoff-equations, in 1966. We discovered the Regularity in heart rate of mammals based on resonance theory, in 1969. Coronary blood circulation, cardio-pulmonary pressure-volume-flow interactions have been successfully studied this way and as a virtual reality and produced a lot of new recognitions, in the 1970-ies. Pharmacokinetic computer modells helped us to calculate individual dosage of various medicaments, in 1990. This should be introduced in patient's care for optimisation of treatment in the future. Another very useful application of ICT would be in data processing of population mass screening as well as in shared care. We have performed a GIS supported pilot study in this field, in 1995. We also had some results in 3-D reconstruction and volume calculation of irregular-shaped heart ventricles. This would be usable in cardiac surgery especially combined with telekinetic manipulations. Worldwide initiations are observable in the field of making applicable the chip-card technology for Electronic Health Care Record containing complete patient's documentation:texts, curves, pictures. We also worked out one smart card, in 5 languages for cross-border application too.