Ocular Fluid Dynamics Anatomy, Physiology, Imaging Techniques, and Mathematical Modeling /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Guidoboni, Giovanna (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Harris, Alon (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sacco, Riccardo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology,
• Subjects: Mathematical models.; Biomathematics.; Computer mathematics.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.; Physiological, Cellular and Medical Topics.; Computational Science and Engineering.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.

The chapters in this contributed volume showcase current theoretical approaches in the modeling of ocular fluid dynamics in health and disease. By including chapters written by experts from a variety of fields, this volume will help foster a genuinely collaborative spirit between clinical and resear...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. Introduction
• Mathematical and physical modeling principles of complex biological systems
• Part II. Blood
• Vascular Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye
• Pathological Consequences of Vascular Hemodynamic Alterations in the Eye
• Measurement of geometrical and functional parameters related to ocular blood flow
• Mathematical modeling of blood flow in the eye
• Part III. Aqueous Humor
• Changes in Parameters of Aqueous Humor Dynamics Throughout Life
• Aqueous Humor Dynamics and its Influence on Glaucoma
• Approaches to Aqueous Humor Outflow Imaging.