Fractal approach to understand PFO and DCS in sport divers

Fractals

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 499-511

  Jayalalitha, G ^a   Uthayakumar, R ^b  

^a Srichandrasekherandra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya   (India)

^b GANDHIGRAM RURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arterial Gas Embolism; Decompression Sickness; Fractal Analysis; Patent Foramen Ovale; Reynold's Number; Scuba Divers

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; FRACTAL DIMENSION; HISTOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; TISSUE;

ARTERIAL GAS EMBOLISM; CEREBRAL EMBOLISM; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTAL APPROACH; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; REYNOLD NUMBER; RISK FACTORS; SCUBA DIVER;

GASES;

EID: 78649593718     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X10005068     Document Type: Article

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