PIEZOELECTRIC PROBES AND THEIR CAPACITY TO MONITOR TIME VARYING VISCOSITY

Real-time, bedside observation of patient clotting is essential in various surgeries in the operating room (OR), but specifically during cardiac surgeries. The objective of this thesis is to design and test a new piezoelectric device that can be used for viscoelasticity measurement with time as a Po...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ahmed, Eman
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2012
Subjects:
Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2865
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3864&context=etd