Peter Stewart -- Elastic jumps on networks - towards a mathematical framework for predicting retinal haemorrhage
| Dates: | 26 April 2021 |
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| Times: | 14:00 - 15:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Department of Mathematics |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Peter Stewart |
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(via Zoom)
Join us for this seminar by Peter Stewart (Glasgow) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series can be found here https://www.cms.livjm.ac.uk/APMSeminar/
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Abstract: The optic nerve is a collection of nerve fibres which connect the photoreceptors in the retina to the brain. This nerve is surrounded by a sheath, which contains a thin layer of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) at the intracranial pressure. The central retinal artery and vein, which supply the retinal circulation, pass through the centre of the optic nerve as they enter the eye, but about half way back from the globe they deviate and pass through the nerve sheath into the surrounding fatty tissue. Hence, these blood vessels form an interesting point of coupling between the eye and the brain. In this talk I will show how modelling of the flow of CSF along the nerve sheath and the flow of blood in the central retinal artery and vein can provide a route to abrupt pressure changes in the retinal circulation. In particular, I will demonstrate how a large increase in CSF pressure is transmitted into the retinal artery and vein, leading to a spreading shock wave through the retinal circulation and the possible rupture of retinal blood vessels (ie retinal haemorrhages).
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Speaker
Peter Stewart
Role: Senior Lecturer
Organisation: University of Glasgow
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