Estimation of Blood Flow Rates in Large Microvascular Networks

Microcirculation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 530-538

  Fry, Brendan C ^a   Lee, Jack ^b   Smith, Nicolas P ^b,c   Secomb, Timothy W ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow simulation; Hemodynamics; Imaging; Microvascular function

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEMODYNAMICS; LINEAR SYSTEM; MESENTERY; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHEAR STRESS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROVESSELS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RATS; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 84864749436     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2012.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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