Hybrid Equation/Agent-Based Model of Ischemia-Induced Hyperemia and Pressure Ulcer Formation Predicts Greater Propensity to Ulcerate in Subjects with Spinal Cord Injury

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Solovyev, Alexey ^a   Mi, Qi ^a   Tzen, Yi Ting ^a   Brienza, David ^a   Vodovotz, Yoram ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; BLOOD; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; BLOOD FLOW; EQUATION-BASED MODELS; FLOW PROPERTIES; FORMATION PROCESS; ISCHAEMIA; PRESSURE ULCERS; REACTIVE HYPEREMIA; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIA; PRESSURE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN INJURY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; ULCEROGENESIS;

EID: 84878487132     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003070     Document Type: Article

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