The role of digital doubles in the therapeutic support of patients

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The patient’s digital double is a dynamic computer model that includes medical and physiological characteristics of a particular patient, that is, in fact, a digital copy of a person. The patient’s medical data in dynamics are loaded into this model, and the conclusions based on the model can be used to correct therapy. Thus, an electronic medical card from a static storage turns into an interactive tool that is able to predict the development of the disease and a reaction to various medical interventions.

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P. Seliverstov

S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, Ministry of Defense of Russia

Author for correspondence.
Email: seliverstov-pv@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5623-4226
SPIN-code: 6166-7005

Candidate of Medical Sciences, Professor

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

V. Grinevich

S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, Ministry of Defense of Russia

Email: seliverstov-pv@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1095-8787
SPIN-code: 1178-0242

MD, Professor

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Е. Kryukov

S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, Ministry of Defense of Russia

Email: seliverstov-pv@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8396-1936
SPIN-code: 3900-3441

Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MD, Professor

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

E. Minakov

A.F. Mozhaisky Military Aerospace Academy, Ministry of Defense of Russia

Email: seliverstov-pv@yandex.ru
SPIN-code: 4819-0765

Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Associate Professor

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

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