Evaluation of the effect of postural and gravitational variations on the distribution of pulmonary blood flow via an image-based computational model

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 6138-6140

  Burrowes, K S ^a   Hunter, P J ^a   Tawhai, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

IMAGE-BASED COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; PULMONARY BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR BRANCHING STRUCTURES; VASCULAR GEOMETRY;

HEMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33846900253     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1615895     Document Type: Conference Paper

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