Pulsatile blood flow, shear force, energy dissipation and Murray's Law

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Painter, Page R ^a   Edén, Patrik ^b   Bengtsson, Hans Uno ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VISCOSITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSELS; BLOOD VISCOSITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 33749476025     PISSN: 17424682     EISSN: 17424682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-3-31     Document Type: Article

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