Microbubble transport through a bifurcating vessel network with pulsatile flow

Biomedical Microdevices

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 131-143

  Valassis, Doug T ^a   Dodde, Robert E ^a   Esphuniyani, Brijesh ^a   Fowlkes, J Brian ^a   Bull, Joseph L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Bubble; Bubble dynamics; Bubble logic; Decompression sickness; Gas embolotherapy

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE; BUBBLE DYNAMICS; BUBBLE LOGIC; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; GAS EMBOLOTHERAPY;

AVIATION MEDICINE; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); DYNAMICS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PULSATILE FLOW;

MICROFLUIDICS;

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEMODYNAMICS; MICROBUBBLE; MICROFLUIDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; STEADY STATE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VASCULARIZATION;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; EMBOLISM, AIR; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; MICROBUBBLES; MICROFLUIDICS; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 84857789455     PISSN: 13872176     EISSN: 15728781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-011-9591-x     Document Type: Article

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