The engineering analysis of bioheat equation and penile hemodynamic relationships in the diagnosis of erectile dysfunction: Part I - Theoretical study and mathematical modeling

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-306

  Ng, W K ^a   Ng, E Y K ^a,b   Chia, S J ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bioheat; Erectile dysfunction; Hemodynamics; Perfusion; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURFACE; STEADY STATE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEAT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 43649096171     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901629     Document Type: Article

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