title: Mechanical vasoconstriction for a cerebral myogenic autoregulatory model.
abstract: This work presents the design of a mechanical vasoconstriction mechanism with application for cerebral autoregulation. The relationship between the applied voltage of a DC motor and the tension within a pressurized vessel wall was utilized for constricting an arteriole segment within an intracranial vascular model. Using current proportional to the string tension, options for closed loop feedback control are considered.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Portland State Univ., USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McNames
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kohles
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Biber
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Biberic
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Leech
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Mangan
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: McKinney
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Surdu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Goldstein