Respiratory Biomechanics
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4612-8017-0 (ISBN)
1. Lung Tissue Mechanics.- Lung Tissue Mechanics: Historical Overview.- Architecture of Lung Parenchyma.- Volume-Pressure Hysteresis of the Lungs.- Lung Tissue Mechanics.- Pleural Mechanics.- 2. Respiratory Fluid Mechanics and Transport.- Impedance of Laminar Oscillatory Flow Superimposed on a Continuous Turbulent Flow: Application to Respiratory Impedance Measurement.- Current Issues in Understanding Acoustic Impedence of the Respiratory System.- Effects of Curvature, Taper and Flexibility on Dispersion in Oscillatory Pipe Flow.- Interactions Between Lung Mechanics and Gas Transport.- Nonclassical Features of Gas Transport and Exchange at the Alveolar Level.- Flow Dynamics of the Nasal Passage.- 3. Pulmonary Circulation.- Elasticity of Pulmonary Blood Vessels in Human Lungs.- Distensibility of the Pulmonary Capillaries.- Recruitment of Pulmonary Capillaries.- Pulsatile Pulmonary Capillary Pressure Measured with the Arterial Occlusion Technique.- Sites of Pulmonary Vasoconstriction: Indirect and Direct Measurements.- 4. The Use of Mathematics and Advanced Technology to Measure and Evaluate Lung Fluid Exchange and Solute Balance.- An Error Analysis of Pulmonary Vascular Permeability Measurements Made with Positron Emission Tomography.- Evaluation of Lung Vascular Permeability by External Scanning of Gamma Emitter Activity.- Use of Mathematics in Assessing Solute Exchange Across the Lung Epithelium.- On Line Colormetric Determinations of Transvascular Fluid and Protein Transport in Isolated Lobes.- Fractal Analysis of Lung Fluid Flow.- The Roles of Small Molecules as Probes of Endothelial Barrier Function in the Lung: Novel Measurement Methods and Molecular Probes.- 5. Integrating Mechanics and Transport in Assessing Respiratory Function.- Airway Heat and Water Exchange.-Quantitation of the Regional Distribution of Pulmonary Blood Flow by Fractal Analysis.- Elucidation of Principles of Gas Exchange by Means of Soluble Tracer Species.
Zusatzinfo | XVI, 201 p. |
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Verlagsort | New York, NY |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie ► Orthopädie |
Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Physiologie | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik | |
Technik ► Medizintechnik | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4612-8017-6 / 1461280176 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4612-8017-0 / 9781461280170 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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