DocumentCode
2605476
Title
Brain death: a simulation study for non-invasive detection
Author
Rao, R. ; LaCourse, J.R.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Hampshire Univ., Durham, NH, USA
fYear
1991
fDate
4-5 Apr 1991
Firstpage
42
Lastpage
43
Abstract
A simulation study done on a mathematical model of the human arterial system from the heart to the eye and the brain is presented. Pressure changes in the eye over time were investigated to delineate cerebral lesions that may be indicators of progressive brain death. It is shown that an inverse relationship exists between intracranial pressure (ICP) and the intraocular pressure (IOP). IOP changes have been found to be a reliable indicator of brain death and may help in early noninvasive diagnosis of this condition
Keywords
brain; haemodynamics; physiological models; cerebral lesions delineation; early noninvasive diagnosis; eye; heart; human arterial system; intraocular pressure; inverse relationship; mathematical model; noninvasive detection; pressure changes; progressive brain death; simulation; Arteries; Blood flow; Brain modeling; Computational modeling; Cranial; Heart; Humans; Mathematical model; Procurement; Transmission line theory;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Bioengineering Conference, 1991., Proceedings of the 1991 IEEE Seventeenth Annual Northeast
Conference_Location
Hartford, CT
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0030-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NEBC.1991.154572
Filename
154572
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