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Medical Biophysics 470a/b/y Hemodynamics

Fundamentals of blood flow in tubes and blood vessels. Hemodynamic models and role of non-dimensional parameters. Measurement of pressure, flow, velocity and the distribution of flow. Characteristics of flow in large and small blood vessels: geometric factors, measurement techniques and physical alteration of flow by disease.

Antirequisite: The former Biophysics 470a/b.
Prerequisite: Enrolment in fourth-year Honors Biophysics or permission of the Department.
2 lecture hours, half course.


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