Nondimensional physiological indices for medical assessment

Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 643-669

  Ghista, Dhanjoo N ^a,b  

^a Parkway College ^*  (Singapore)

^b Framingham Study   (United States)

Author keywords

Nondimensional physiological indices for organ function and dysfunction, physiological system function and dysfunction, anatomical structure property and pathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449112377     PISSN: 02195194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219519409003188     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Ghista DN, Physiological Systems' Numbers in Medical Diagnosis and Hospital Costeffective Operation, Journal of Mechanics in Medicine & Biology 4(4):401-418, 2004.
2. Ghista DN, Applied Biomedical Engineering Mechanics, CRC press (Taylor and Francis Group) Baton Rouge Florida, 2008.
3. Liang Z, Ghista DN, Ng E. Y-K, Lim ST, Chua SJ, Measures and indices of intrinsic characterization of cardiac dysfunction during filling and systolic ejection, Journal of Mechanics in Medicine & Biology 5(2):37-322, 2005.
4. Liang Z, Tan RS, Ghista DN, Ng E. Y-K, Chua LP, Kassab GS, Validation of a novel noninvasive characterization of cardiac index of left ventricle contractility in patients, Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292:H2764-2772, 2007.
5. Zhong L, Sola S, Tan RS, Le TT, Ghista DN, Kurra V, Navia JL, Kassab G, Effects of surgical ventricular restoration on LV contractility assessed by a novel contractility index in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy, Am J Cardiology 103(5):674-679, 2009.
6. Lim GH, Ghista DN, Koo TY, Tan CCJ, Eng TP, Loo CM, Cardiac fitness mathematical model of heart-rate response to V02 during and after stress-testing, International Journal of Computer Application in Technology (Biomedical Engineering & Computing Special Issue) 21(1/2), 2004.
7. Dittakavi S, Ghista DN, Glucose tolerance test modeling and patient-simulation for diagnosis, Journal of Mechanics in Medicine & Biology 1(2), 2001.
8. Ghista DN, Determination of the in-vivo elasticity of blood vessel and detection of arterial disease, Automedica 1(3), 1974.
9. Liang Z, Ghista DN, Ng E. Y-K., Lim ST, Chua SJ, Determination of aortic pressuretime profile, along with aortic stiffness and peripheral resistance, Journal of Mechanics in Medicine & Biology 4(4):499-509, 2004.
10. Ghista DN, Mechanics of the mitral valve: Stresses in the membrane, indirect determination of the instantaneous modulus of the membrane, Journal of Biomechanis 5(3), 1972.
11. Ghista DN, Rao AP, Mitral valve mechanics - Stress/strain characteristics of excise leaflets, analysis of its functional mechanics and its medical applications, Medical and Biological Engineering 11(6), 1973.
12. Jurist JM, Hoeks HD, Blackketter DA, Snyder RK, Gardner ER, In vivo measurement of the dynamic response of bone, Orthopaedic Mechanics: Procedures and Devices (Volume III) (Academic Press, London, 1981).
13. Steele CR, Zhou LJ, Guido D, Marcus R, Heinrichs WL, Cheema C, Noninvasive determination of ulna stiffness from mechanical response - In vivo comparison of stiffness and bone mineral content in humans, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 10(87), 1988.
14. Steele CR, Gordon AF, Preliminary clinical results using SOBSA for noninvasive determination of ulna bending stiffness, in Advances in Bioengineering, eds.Eberhomd RC, Burstein AH (ASME), 1978, pp. 85-87.
15. Liang L, Ghista DN, Ng EY, Lim ST, Chua SJ, Measures and indices for intrinsic characterization of cardiac dysfunction during filling and systolic ejection, Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology 5(2), 2005.
16. Kamath MV, Way RC, Ghista DN, Srinivasan TM, Wu C, Smeenk S, Manning C, Cannon J, Detection of myocardial scars in neonatal infants form computerised echocardiographic texture analysis, Engineering in Medicine 15(3), 1986.
17. Subbaraj K, Ghista DN, Fallen EL, Intrinsic indices of the left ventricle as a blood pump in normal and infarcted left ventricle, J Biomedical Engineering 9, 1987.