An overview of recent applications of computational modelling in neonatology

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1920, 2010, Pages 2817-2834

  Wrobel, Luiz C ^a   Ginalski, Maciej K ^b   Nowak, Andrzej J ^c   Ingham, Derek B ^d   Fic, Anna M ^d  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ANSYS INC   (United States)

^c SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Heat and mass transfer; Incubators; Neonatology; Oxygen hoods; Radiant warmers

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; OXYGEN;

CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; FLEXIBLE TOOL; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; INCUBATORS; MEDICAL DEVICES; NEONATAL CARE; TRANSFER MECHANISMS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEATING; HUMAN; INCUBATOR; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THERMOREGULATION;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEATING; HUMANS; INCUBATORS, INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEONATOLOGY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77953489209     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0052     Document Type: Article

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