A Brief Description of Five Published Papers Relating to Work Partially Supported by a Ministry of Defence (Air) Extra-Mural Research Grant on: The Use of Lower Body Suction and Similar Techniques in the Study of Cardiovascular Reactions to Flight.

Abstract

Brief summaries are given of the following projects: Arterial inflow to the human forearm during exposure of the limb to pressures below atmospheric; Some effects on the blood vessels of the human forearm of local exposure to pressures below atmospheric; An assessment of various methods of treatment of idiopathic orthostatic hypotension; An electromagnetic pressure generator for testing frequency response of transducers and catheter systems; and A design for the 'dome' of a medical pressure transducer.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0714015

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anatomy
  • Biological Sciences
  • Blood
  • Blood Vessels
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Cardiovascular System
  • Catheters
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Response
  • Generators
  • Hypotension
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Transducers
  • Vascular Diseases

Readers

  • Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.