Lumped parameter thermal model for the study of vascular reactivity in the fingertip

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Ley, O ^a   Deshpande, C ^a   Prapamcham, B ^a   Naghavi, M ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Endothelix   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HEAT FLUX; HEATING EQUIPMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTING; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

ARTERIAL OCCLUSIONS; BLOOD FLOW PARAMETERS; BLOOD FLOWS; BLOOD PERFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME (BV); CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS; CURRENT TECHNIQUES; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; HEAT FLUX MEASUREMENTS; INITIAL TEMPERATURE; LUMPED PARAMETERS; PARAMETRIC STUDIES; REACTIVITY (CHEMICAL); REPERFUSION; TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; TISSUE TEMPERATURES; VENOUS OCCLUSION; VOLUMETRIC BLOOD FLOW;

TEMPERATURE;

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINGER; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PERFUSION; REPERFUSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; ARM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT; ISCHEMIA; MONITOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ARM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FINGERS; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; ISCHEMIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 46749145737     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2913233     Document Type: Article

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