Title :
A Crevice Bubble Growth Model for the Analysis of Decompression Sickness
Author :
Chappell, Michael A. ; Payne, Stephen J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. Sci., Oxford Univ.
Abstract :
Decompression sickness is a series of symptoms associated with the formation of bubbles in the body during decompression. Bubbles have been observed both stationary in the tissues and moving with the blood. It has been proposed that the bubbles observed in the blood grow directly on the vessel walls. A possible mechanism for this is the growth of bubbles in sites resembling crevices in the endothelium. A crevice bubble growth model is derived based on existing tissue bubble models and tested with physiologically realistic parameters
Keywords :
blood; blood vessels; bubbles; diseases; haemodynamics; physiological models; blood; crevice bubble growth model; decompression sickness; endothelium; tissue bubble models; vessel walls; Biomedical monitoring; Blood vessels; Councils; Distributed control; Liquids; Mathematical model; Microscopy; Surface tension; Testing; Ultrasonic imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8741-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616909
