Third International Conference on Porous Media
and its Applications in Science, Engineering and Industry

June 20-24, 2010, Tuscany, Italy

 
 
                                                      

The Role of Porous Media in Modeling Flow and Heat Transfer in Biological Tissues

Scope

Porous media theory has been utilized to improve our understanding of transport processes. The role of porous media in modeling flow and heat transfer in biological tissues and in biomedical engineering is very important. Several pertinent areas of interest in which the porous media modeling is crucial are, biofilms, macromolecular transport in arterial walls, diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) and hyperthermia modeling as well as the use of porous media theory for modeling biomedical phenomena in brain aneurysms filled with endovascular coil, total artificial lungs, medical imaging, tissue engineering, drug delivery, etc. We intend in this special session of the International Conference on Porous Media to explore the application of porous media theory to the modeling of flow changes and transport in these biological systems.

 

Topics

This session will cover the following topics:

 

  1. Macromolecular Transport in Arterial Walls
  2. Computational Brain Aneurysm Flow Models: Techniques and Clinical Use
  3. Hyperthermia Modeling
  4. Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DW-MRI)
  5. Biofilms
  6. Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Artificial Lungs
  7. Fluid-Structure Interaction Modeling of Biomedical Applications
  8. Tissue Engineering
  9. Drug Delivery

 

Session Chairman:

Dr. Khalil Khanafer

Vascular Mechanics Lab

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Section of Vascular Surgery

University of Michigan

Email: khanafer@umich.edu

Phone: +1 (734) 763-5240