Numerical simulation of blood and interstitial flow through a solid tumor

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-94

  Pozrikidis, C ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Integral equations; Numerical methods; Solid tumor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 70350221827     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-009-0259-6     Document Type: Article

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