A microfluidic model for the migration of chondrocyte under pulsed electromagnetic field

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels, 2005

Volumn PART A, Issue , 2005, Pages 743-749

  Tang, Ye ^a   Tian, Fuzhi ^a   Lou, Edmond ^b   Bagnall, Keith ^c   Cinats, John ^c   Jomha, Nadr ^c   Raso, James ^b   Kwok, Daniel Y ^a  

^a Dept of Mechanical Engineering   (Canada)

^b GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DRAG; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; VISCOSITY;

CHONDROCYTES; DRAG FORCES; MOMENTUM EQUATION; PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD (PEMF);

CELLS;

EID: 27744470406     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icmm2005-75173     Document Type: Conference Paper

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