Determining the combined effect of the lymphatic valve leaflets and sinus on resistance to forward flow

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 3584-3590

  Wilson, John T ^a   van Loon, Raoul ^b   Wang, Wei ^c   Zawieja, David C ^c   Moore, James E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Finite element analysis; Flow resistance; Lymphatic valves

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DROPS; FLOW RATE; PRESSURE DROP; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

COMBINED EFFECT; FLOW RESISTANCE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEMS; PUMPING PERFORMANCE; ROOT DIAMETERS; SUBMILLIMETERS; TUBULAR VESSELS; VISCOUS PRESSURE DROP;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MEMBRANE LEAFLET; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISCOSITY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; LYMPH; LYMPH VESSEL; PHYSIOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LYMPH; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE;

EID: 84943587143     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.07.045     Document Type: Article

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