Biliary Tract and Gallbladder Biomechanical Modelling with Physiological and Clinical Elements

ISBN-13: 9780367722296 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 370 str.

Wenguang Li

Opis

This is the first book to treat biliary tract and gallbladder modelling with physiological and clinical information in biomechanical context and can be used as reference book for undergraduates, postgraduates, professional researchers in applied mathematics, biomechanics, biomechanical and biomedical engineering and surgery doctors.

Spis treści

1. Physiology of the human biliary system 2. 1D Models of Newtonian Bile Flow in the Biliary Tract 3. 1D Models of Non-Newtonian Bile Flow 4. 1D Dimensionless FSI and 3D FSI of the CD 5. Biomechanical Model for GB Pain 6. Passive and Active Stresses in GB Wall 7. Cross-Bridges of GB Smooth Muscle Contraction 8. Quasi-Nonlinear Analysis of Anisotropic GB Wall 9. Fully Non-linear Analysis of GB Wall 10. Heterogeneous Biomechanical Behaviour of GB Wall 11. Modelling Viscous Pressure-Volume Curve of GB 12. Constitutive Law of GB Walls with Damage Effect 13. GB 3D Models from Ultrasound Images 14. Fluid Mechanics of Bile Flow in Biliary Drainage Catheters

O autorze

Wenguang Li is Research Associate, University of Glasgow, UK. His research interests span biomechanical modelling of the biliary tract and gallbladder, fluid and heat flows in fluid machines and devices in energy engineering.