Computational predictions of pulmonary blood flow gradients: Gravity versus structure

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 515-523

  Burrowes, Kelly S ^a   Tawhai, Merryn H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Flow heterogeneity; Pulmonary perfusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAVITY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG PERFUSION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750985100     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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