Eye rotation induced dynamics of a Newtonian fluid within the vitreous cavity: The effect of the chamber shape

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2021-2034

  Stocchino, Alessandro ^a   Repetto, Rodolfo ^b,c   Cafferata, Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; GLYCEROL; NEWTONIAN FLOW; STRESS ANALYSIS; VISCOUS FLOW;

EYE GLOBE; EYE ROTATIONS; FLUID EJECTION; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; RIGID BOUNDARY; VITREOUS CAVITY;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

GLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTAINER; ELASTICITY; EYE MOVEMENT; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LENS; ORTHOGONAL ROTATION; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; VITREOUS BODY;

EYE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTION; ROTATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VITREOUS BODY; WATER;

EID: 34247471771     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/7/016     Document Type: Article

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