Closed-Loop Control of Blood Glucose

• Main Authors: Chee, Frederick (Author), Fernando, Tyrone (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, 368
• Subjects: Engineering.; System theory.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomedical Engineering.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Systems Theory, Control.

Diabetes is a disease that is now regarded an epidemic in the world and a sign- icant e?ort is directed towards ?nding better ways to manage diabetes. Keeping bloodglucoselevelsasclosetonormalaspossible,leadstoasubstantialdecrease in long term complications of diabetes and can bring signi?cant cost...

Table of Contents:

• Glucose Control: Input and Output
• Glucose Control: Patient Dynamics
• Mathematics of Glucose Control
• Closed-Loop Control Apparatus Example
• Conclusions.