A nonlinear lumped parameters model to analyze the dynamics of venous reflux

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1407-1410

  Fragomeni, G ^a   Merola, A ^a   Serra, R ^a   De Franciscis, S ^a   Amato, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DIAGNOSIS; FORESTRY; HEMODYNAMICS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SURGERY;

CAPACITIVE EFFECT; CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCIES; CLINICAL TREATMENTS; LUMPED-PARAMETERS MODELS; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOURS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS; SURGICAL OPERATION; WORKING POPULATION;

LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LEG; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 61849099808     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4649429     Document Type: Conference Paper

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