A model-based architecture for testing medical cyber-physical systems

Abstract

Understanding the human body dynamics in response to any medical treatment makes automated decision support systems for healthcare quite complex. In this paper, we present an architecture for Medical Cyber-Physical Systems to help developers to generate test cases for their applications using models already validated. It is based on component models to simulate the operation of medical devices and patient data. Medical guidelines and a clinical database have been used together with statistical techniques to create regression models that simulate vital signs. A controlled experiment of a clinical scenario has been developed to validate the proposed architecture components. The results of this study indicate that models for the healthcare domain are a promising alternative to test their applications.