A multi-layer porous wall model for coronary drug-eluting stents

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 3629-3637

  Pontrelli, Giuseppe ^a   de Monte, Filippo ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advection diffusion equation; Drug delivery; Mass transfer; Multi layer penetration depth; Multi layered porous media; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; COUPLED PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DRUG CONCENTRATION; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; HOMOGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA; MASS DIFFUSION; MULTI-LAYERED; PENETRATION DEPTH; POROUS WALLS; SEPARATION OF VARIABLES METHOD; WALL THICKNESS;

ADVECTION; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; DRUG DELIVERY; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHARMACOKINETICS; POROUS MATERIALS;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 77954534819     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.03.031     Document Type: Article

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