Effect of spacer yarns on the dialysate flow distribution of hemodialyzers: A magnetic resonance imaging study

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 440-448

  Poh, Churn K ^a   Hardy, Peter A ^a   Liao, Zhijie ^a   Huang, Zhongping ^a   Clark, William R ^b   Gao, Dayong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIALYSIS; HEMODIALYZERS; LAMINAR FLOW; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

UREMIC SOLUTES;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; CALCULATION; DIALYSATE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS SOLUTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RENAL DIALYSIS; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0041307098     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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