The electrical impedance of pulsatile blood flowing through rigid tubes: A theoretical investigation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 721-727

  Gaw, R L ^a   Cornish, B H ^a   Thomas, B J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioimpedance; Mathematical model; Pulsatile blood flow; Red blood cell (RBC) orientation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PULSATILE FLOW;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BLOOD CELLS; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; RED BLOOD CELL (RBC) ORIENTATION;

BLOOD;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMEDICINE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONDUCTANCE; DYNAMICS; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMODYNAMICS; IMPEDANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODEL; PULSATILE FLOW; TECHNIQUE; TUBE; VISCOSITY;

ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 38349039459     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2007.903531     Document Type: Article

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