Blood flow simulation through fractal models of circulatory system

Chaos, Solitons and Fractals

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Gabryś, Elzbieta ^a,b   Rybaczuk, Marek ^a,b   Kȩdzia, Alicja ^c  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b Biomedical Engineering Centre   (Poland)

^c WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SOLITONS;

BLOOD FLOW; CIRCULATORY SYSTEM; FRACTAL MODELS; PRESSURE DIFFERENCE;

FRACTALS;

EID: 22344436478     PISSN: 09600779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2005.02.009     Document Type: Article

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