A dynamic two-phase model for vascular bubble formation during decompression of divers

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 884-889

  Gutvik, Christian R ^a   Brubakk, Alf O ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bubble dynamics; Copernicus; Decompression model; Venous gas emboli (VGE)

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT PRESSURES; BUBBLE DYNAMICS; CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS; CLINICAL SYMPTOMS; COPERNICUS; DECOMPRESSION MODEL; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DYNAMIC MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ETHICAL CONCERNS; GAS BUBBLES; PHYSICAL MECHANISMS; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENTS; SIMULATION EXAMPLES; STATISTICAL CORRELATIONS; SUBSEQUENT REDUCTIONS; TWO-PHASE MODELS; ULTRASONIC DOPPLER; VENOUS GAS EMBOLI (VGE);

AVIATION MEDICINE; BUBBLE FORMATION; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; DYNAMICS; GASES; INERT GASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

INERT GAS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIVER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VEIN EMBOLISM; VEIN GAS EMBOLISM;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 65349161599     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.2005962     Document Type: Article

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