Modelling aqueous humor outflow through trabecular meshwork

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 734-745

  Avtar, Ram ^a   Srivastava, Rashmi ^a  

^a HARCOURT BUTLER TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aqueous humor; Biphasic; Intraocular pressure; Trabecular meshwork

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); VISCOELASTICITY; VISION;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPHTHALMOLOGISTS; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

EID: 34248374464     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2006.11.109     Document Type: Article

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