Modelling of the urine flow in the human ureter;Modelisation du flot urinaire dans l'uretere chez l'homme

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIb: Mecanique, Physique, Chimie, Astronomie

Volumn 327, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1265-1268

  Gintz, Daniel ^a   Elmabsout, Badaoui ^a   Renaudeaux, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b ESCPI/CNAM   (France)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bolus; Flow; Interface; Modelling; Ureter; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELING; UREA;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; MICTURITION; MODEL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PERISTALSIS; REVIEW; URETER; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0033228181     PISSN: 12874620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1287-4620(00)88651-2     Document Type: Article

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