A transmission line model of the human foetal circulatory system

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 285-294

  Myers, L J ^a   Capper, W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blood flow velocity; Doppler ultrasound; Foetal circulation; Mathematical model; Transmission line

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TISSUE; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; VISCOELASTICITY;

ARTERIAL VESSELS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FETUS CIRCULATION; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VISCOSITY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UMBILICAL CORD; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0036252664     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(02)00019-X     Document Type: Article

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