Nondestructive evaluation of blood flow in a dialyzer using X-ray computed tomography

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-204

  Sakai, Yoshitada ^a   Wada, Shigehisa ^a   Matsumoto, Hiroshi ^a   Suyama, Tomoko ^a   Ohno, Osamu ^a   Anno, Izumi ^b  

^a TORAY INDUSTRIES INC   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

BaSO4; Dialyzer; Flow pattern; Internal filtration; X ray CT

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIALYSATE LEVEL; FLOW RATE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HOLLOW FIBER; KIDNEY SLICE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; CATTLE; DIALYSIS SOLUTIONS; FILTRATION; PRECIPITATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RHEOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0141891979     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-003-0228-6     Document Type: Article

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