Simulation of aqueous humor hydrodynamics in human eye heat transfer

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 252-262

  Ooi, Ean Hin ^a   Ng, Eddie Yin Kwee ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anterior chamber; Aqueous humor; Heat transfer; Human eye; Temperature

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ANTERIOR CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR (AH); HUMAN EYES;

EYE PROTECTION;

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCULATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CORNEA; EYE; HEAT TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; HEAT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 37549034214     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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