Finite element modeling of drug distribution in the vitreous humor of the rabbit eye

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 303-314

  Friedrich, Stuart ^a   Cheng, Yu Ling ^a   Saville, Bradley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluorescein; Fluorescein glucuronide; Injection location; Intravitreal injection; Retinal permeability

Indexed keywords

DRUG THERAPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

FLUORESCEIN GLUCURONIDE; INTRAVITREAL INJECTION; RETINA; VITREOUS HUMOR;

BODY FLUIDS;

FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEIN GLUCURONIDE;

ARTICLE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG PENETRATION; INTRAVITREAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LENS; MODEL; RABBIT; RETINA; SIMULATION; VITREOUS BODY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RABBITS; RETINA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0031106085     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02648045     Document Type: Article

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