Numerical solution of ocular fluid dynamics in a rabbit eye: Parametric effects

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 530-544

  Kumar, Satish ^a   Acharya, Sumanta ^a   Beuerman, Roger ^b   Palkama, Arto ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous humor; Fluid dynamics; Trabecular meshwork

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS HUMOR; CORNEA; MULTILAYERED POROUS ZONE; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CORNEA; FLOW KINETICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BODY TEMPERATURE; CORNEA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RABBITS; RHEOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 33646417904     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-005-9048-6     Document Type: Article

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