ABSTRACT
Mass transport and diffusional processes play key roles in biomedical engineering at several levels, both within the body and in extracorporeal circuits. The roles of mass transfer in tissue function are discussed in Chapter 115 (Lightfoot and Duca), and here we will concentrate on external processes and design of therapeutic regimens. Moreover, we will depend heavily upon major references [Bird et al., 1960; Ho and Sirkar, 1992; Noble and Stern, 1995; Lightfoot and Lightfoot, 1997; Schmidt-Nielsen, 1997; Welling, 1997; Bassingthwaighte et al., 1998] and seek understanding rather than detailed descriptions.
