Combining SPECT medical imaging and computational fluid dynamics for analyzing blood and dialysate flow in hemodialyzers

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 739-749

  Eloot, Sunny ^a   D'Asseler, Y ^a   De Bondt, P ^b   Verdonck, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CFD; Dialyzer; Flow distribution; Medical imaging; Numerical model

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; MASS TRANSFER; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARTICLE BEAMS; POROUS MATERIALS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DIALYSATES; DIALYZER; FIBER MEMBRANES; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; LOW FLUX; MACRO-AGGREGATED ALBUMINS; TECHNETIUM-; TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

MACROSALB TC 99M; SUCCIMER TC 99M; WATER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIALYSATE; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; POROSITY; PROCESS MODEL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 23844483444     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039139880502800713     Document Type: Article

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