A coaxial tube model of the cerebrospinal fluid pulse propagation in the spinal column

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Cirovic, Srdjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Cranial pressure; Pulse propagation; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE ANALYSIS; ANALYTICAL MODEL; CEREBRO SPINAL FLUIDS; CHARACTERISTIC EQUATION; DEGREE OF COUPLING; FINITE THICKNESS; FLUID-FILLED; GENERAL SOLUTIONS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HARMONIC WAVE; INNER TUBES; INVISCID INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID; LONG WAVES; LOW SPEED; PRESSURE PULSE; PULSE PROPAGATION; SPINAL COLUMN; SPINAL CORDS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TUBE MODEL; TUBE WALLS;

BODY FLUIDS; BRAIN; DOSIMETRY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPEED; WAVE EQUATIONS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; DURA MATER; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA; VERTEBRAL CANAL; WAVEFORM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 63449133397     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3005159     Document Type: Article

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