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<journal-id>0188-9532</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de ingeniería biomédica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. ing. bioméd]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0188-9532</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Ingeniería Biomédica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0188-95322017000100314</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17488/rmib.38.1.27</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Influencia de la Posición de los Canales Colectores en la Presión Intraocular]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Influence of the Collector Channels on the Intraocular Pressure]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez-Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[G.J.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Escobar del Pozo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Villa-Velázquez Mendoza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C. I.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Colima Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Coquimatlán, Colima]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Colima Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Coquimatlán, Colima]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Colima Facultad de Ingeniería Civil ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Coquimatlán, Colima]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>38</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>314</fpage>
<lpage>323</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0188-95322017000100314&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0188-95322017000100314&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0188-95322017000100314&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN: El objetivo del presente trabajo es determinar la influencia que tiene la posición de los canales colectores en la presión intraocular y su contribución en el desarrollo del glaucoma. Para realizar el análisis se llevaron acabo simulaciones numéricas utilizando el método de elemento finito para dos casos de estudio. El primer caso es un modelo simplificado de sección rectangular que simula el flujo entre dos canales colectores; el segundo modelo describe el flujo en todo el canal de Schlemm (CS), considerando que es un aro rígido de espesor constante, con cuatro distribuciones de los canales colectores. Se obtuvieron los perfiles de presión y velocidad en los dos casos. En el caso simplificado se tienen diferencias de 10 P a entre las presiones medias. El segundo modelo muestra que el arreglo simétrico tiene una distribución de presiones constante mientras que los casos asimétricos presentan variaciones de 2 P a. Los resultados confirman que la posición de los canales colectores tiene influencia en la presión intraocular. Este estudio da lugar a realizar un análisis en estado transitorio, considerando las propiedades elásticas del CS así como las variaciones de diámetro de los canales colectores.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT: The aim of the present study is to determine the influence of the position of the collecting channels on intraocular pressure and its contribution to the development of glaucoma. Numerical simulations were performed using the finite element method for two case studies. The first case is a simplified model of rectangular section that simulates the flow between two collecting channels. The second model describes flow throughout the Schlemm channel (CS), considering that it is a rigid ring of constant thickness, with four distributions of the collector channels. The pressure and velocity profiles are shown for both cases. In the simplified case, there are di&#64256;erences of 10 P a between the average pressures. The second model shows that the symmetric arrangement has a constant pressure distribution while the asymmetric cases have variations of 2 P a. The results confirm that the position of the collecting channels influences the intraocular pressure. This study shows that a transient analysis is needed to understand the whole process, considering the elastic properties of the CS as well as the variations of diameter of the collecting channels.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Canales colectores]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[canal de Schlemm]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[glaucoma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[presión intraocular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Channels collectors]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Schlemm&#8217;s canal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[glaucoma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[intraocular pressure]]></kwd>
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