Modeling the detachment and transport of bubbles from nucleation sites in small vessels

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2106-2108

  Chappell, Michael A ^a   Uzel, Sébastien ^b   Payne, Stephen J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Ecole Centrale   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood; Blood vessels; Modeling

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; BUBBLE FORMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; NUCLEATION;

DECOMPRESSION; GAS POCKETS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DISEASE MODEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CAPILLARIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIFFUSION; GASES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NITROGEN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 35548987045     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2007.895113     Document Type: Article

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