Applying the Time-Varying Elastance Concept to Determine the Optimum Coordination of Lymphangion Contraction in a Lymphatic Vessel

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 323-326

  Venugopal, A M ^a   Stewart, R H ^b,c   Rajagopalan, S ^a   Zawieja, D C ^c   Laine, G A ^b,c   Quick, C M ^a,b,c  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Edema; Lymph flow; Lymphangion; Lymphatic vessel

Indexed keywords

EDEMA; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPHAGION; LYMPHATIC VESSEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VISCOSITY;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 1542332731     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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