Direct numerical simulations of micro-bubble expansion in gas embolotherapy

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 745-759

  Ye, Tao ^a   Bull, Joseph L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SURFACE TENSION; TUMORS; VAPORIZATION; VISCOSITY;

BLOOD FLOW; GAS EMBOLOTHERAPY; MOVING BOUNDARY METHOD; PERFLUOROCARBON;

ONCOLOGY;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM; ENERGY; GAS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; STRESS; SURFACE TENSION; SUSPENSION; THERMODYNAMICS; TUMOR; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; VAPORIZATION; VISCOSITY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBOLISM, AIR; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; GASES; HUMANS; MICROBUBBLES; MICROFLUIDICS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 14344263606     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1824131     Document Type: Article

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