Numerical simulation of blood flow through microvascular capillary networks

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1520-1541

  Pozrikidis, C ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Capillary network; Microcirculation; Red blood cells

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CAPILLARY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MICROCIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CAPILLARIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 70349570748     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-009-9412-z     Document Type: Article

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