Date of Award

Summer 1982

Document Type

Thesis - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Biomedical Engineering

First Advisor

Linehan, John

Second Advisor

Dawson, Christopher

Third Advisor

Bronikowski, Thomas

Abstract

This thesis describes a computer simulation method for determining the pulmonary resistance distribution relative to the distribution of compliance in the left lower dog lung lobe. This method is based on the transient arterial pressure curve which results from the transport of a low-viscosity bolus of saline as it passes through the lung lobe. The method further provides a means for determining the longitudinal distribution of intravascular pressures without requiring direct pressure measurements within the lung vessels.

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