Hemodynamics

Catalog description

This course will focus on the application of fluid mechanics principles to vascular blood flow and flow dynamics. It will cover concepts such as the vascular system and flow patterns in different segments (i.e., blood, heart, arteries and veins), parameters and measures of flow dynamics, including pressure, flow rate, and vascular resistance; fully developed laminar flow (Poiseuille’s Law), applications of electrical analogous and optimality for modeling vascular flow using Poiseuille’s Law; equations of fluid flow (Continuity, Bernoulli, Navier-Stokes). In addition, the course will also cover the principles of microcirculation briefly, as well as the principles of pulsatile flow and wave propagation in both rigid and elastic vessels. Lastly, we will briefly cover the concepts of large artery hemodynamics and its effect on the vascular disease and medical imaging and blood flow (i.e., Doppler flow imaging, phase-contrast MRI and arterial spin labeling) techniques.