Perspective of Dimensional Analysis in Medical Science-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Perspective of Dimensional Analysis in Medical Science

Published:2017-09-26 Issue:1 Volume:51 Page:19-37
ISSN:2199-6059
Container-title:Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
language:en
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Author:

Kowalewski Wojciech¹,Roszak Magdalena²,Kołodziejczak Barbara²,Ren-Kurc Anna³

Affiliation:

1. Faculty of Geographical and Geological Science, AdamMickiewicz University in Poznan, Poznan , Poland

2. Department of Computer Science and Statistics, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan , Poland

3. Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poznan , Poland

Abstract

Abstract This paper presents several applications of the dimensional analysis method to problems investigated in medical sciences. The method is used to analyze various complex processes without using formal laws governing the same. It is particularly suitable for a general analysis of fluid transfer (liquids and gases) in the human body. This paper mainly serves as an overview of selected applications, mostly those emerging in the recent years, and includes a discussion of the mathematical fundamentals of dimensional analysis together followed by its critical analysis. Containing detailed calculations of two examples, the paper also serves as training material in the area of the computational method of the dimensional analysis algorithm.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Philosophy

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