Methods in research and development of biomedical devices

Methods in Research and Development of Biomedical Devices

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-179

  Wong, Kelvin K L ^a   Tu, Jiyuan ^a   Sun, Zhonghua ^b   Dissanayake, Don W ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SAFETY TESTING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; MEDICAL DOCTORS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; ROAD-MAPS; SAFETY LIMITS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84973452415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/8621     Document Type: Book

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