VALIDATION OF QUASI-STEADY ANALYSIS FOR LYMPHATIC FLUID FLOW AND MASS TRANSPORT Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • The lymphatic system plays an important role in fluid and protein balance within the body. Additionally, it has a vital role in immune system function. Lymphatic dysfunction could result in a number of pathologies including edema or swelling of fluid within the interstitial spaces.

name of conference

  • Volume 1B: Extremity; Fluid Mechanics; Gait; Growth, Remodeling, and Repair; Heart Valves; Injury Biomechanics; Mechanotransduction and Sub-Cellular Biophysics; MultiScale Biotransport; Muscle, Tendon and Ligament; Musculoskeletal Devices; Multiscale Mechanics; Thermal Medicine; Ocular Biomechanics; Pediatric Hemodynamics; Pericellular Phenomena; Tissue Mechanics; Biotransport Design and Devices; Spine; Stent Device Hemodynamics; Vascular Solid Mechanics; Student Paper and Design Competitions

published proceedings

  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME SUMMER BIOENGINEERING CONFERENCE - 2013, PT B

author list (cited authors)

  • Wilson, J. T., Wang, W., Hellerstedt, A. H., Zawieja, D. C., & Moore, J.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Wilson, John T||Wang, Wei||Hellerstedt, Augustus H||Zawieja, David C||Moore, James E Jr

publication date

  • June 2014