The simulator
SimulResp is a model of cardio-respiratory physiology based on CJ
Dickinson’s model (8). The CJ Dickinson’s model (8) is a respiratory
model based on three compartments : the capillary compartment where gas
exchange takes place, the dead-space and the left-to-right shunt.
SimulResp and the CJ Dickinson’s model (8) were both previously
presented with more details (2,4) and we provide more details on the
model’s algorithm as supplemental file (supplemental file 1). The
initial model implementation in FORTRAN was translated to C++ and a
visual interface was added. Simulresp uses a dynamic link library to
perform different tasks in harmony.