Fluid mechanics of the eye

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2011, Pages 347-372

  Siggers, Jennifer H ^a   Ethier, C Ross ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buoyancy driven flow; Deformed sphere; Drug delivery; Glaucoma; Porous medium

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS HUMOR; BRUCH'S MEMBRANE; BUOYANCY DRIVEN FLOWS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN EYE; INTRA OCULAR PRESSURE; MECHANICAL PROCESS; POROUS MEDIUM; TRANSPORT OF HEAT; VITREOUS HUMOR;

BUOYANCY; DRUG DELIVERY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; SPHERES;

FLUIDS;

BUOYANCY; DRUG; EYE; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRATION; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POROUS MEDIUM; PROTEIN;

EID: 84555190608     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-fluid-120710-101058     Document Type: Article

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