Decompression has several meanings, some of which are covered by several articles:
Data decompression, the action of reversing data compression
Decompression (physics), the release of pressure and the opposition of physical compression
Decompression (altitude). the reduction of pressure and the related physiological effects due to increase in altitude or other equivalent reduction of ambient pressure below normal atmospheric pressure
Uncontrolled decompression, catastrophic reduction of pressure in accidents involving pressure vessels such as aircraft
Decompression (diving), the reduction in pressure and the process of allowing dissolved inert gases to be eliminated from the tissues during ascent from a dive
Decompression (comics), in comic book storytelling, is the stylistic choice to tell a story mainly by visuals, with few words.
Decompression (novel), a 2012 novel by Juli Zeh
Decompression (surgery), a procedure used to reduce pressure on a compressed structure, such as spinal decompression
Herniated disc decompression, a form of treatment for Spinal disc herniation, employed by chiropractors
"Decompression" (The Outer Limits), an episode of the American television fiction series The Outer Limits
Nerve decompression, a procedure to relieve direct pressure on a nerve
Decompression (novel), a 2012 novel by Juli Zeh
Topics referred to by the same term
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Decompression has several meanings, some of which are covered by several articles: Data decompression, the action of reversing data compression Decompression...
or fail to pressurize at all. Such decompression may be classed as explosive, rapid, or slow: Explosive decompression (ED) is violent and too fast for air...
bubbles inside the body tissues during decompression. DCS most commonly occurs during or soon after a decompression ascent from underwater diving, but can...
To prevent or minimize decompression sickness, divers must properly plan and monitor decompression. Divers follow a decompression model to safely allow...
Hypobaric decompression is the reduction in ambient pressure below the normal range of sea level atmospheric pressure. Altitude decompression is hypobaric...
ambient pressures. Decompression obligation for a given dive profile must be calculated and monitored to ensure that the risk of decompression sickness is controlled...
saturation decompression. Application of a bubble model in 1985 allowed successful modelling of conventional decompressions, altitude decompression, no-stop...
conservative decompression schedule the risk of decompression sickness is significantly reduced, and the total time spent decompressing is minimised....
effectiveness requires real-time computer processing by the diver's decompression computer. Decompression can be much reduced compared to fixed ratio gas mixes used...
to as an encoder, and one that performs the reversal of the process (decompression) as a decoder. The process of reducing the size of a data file is often...
Spinal decompression is the relief of pressure on the spinal cord or on one or more compressed nerve roots passing through or exiting the spinal column...
Ratio decompression (usually referred to in abbreviated form as ratio deco) is a technique for calculating decompression schedules for scuba divers engaged...
Most of the time surgery is eventually required and may include core decompression, osteotomy, bone grafts, or joint replacement. About 15,000 cases occur...
remaining decompression as surface decompression either after an ambient pressure ascent or after transfer under pressure from a dry bell. (decompression chambers)...
volume involved already exists prior to decompression. Barotrama can occur during both compression and decompression events. Barotrauma generally manifests...
A dive computer, personal decompression computer or decompression meter is a device used by an underwater diver to measure the elapsed time and depth...
usually obvious and may present quite differently from decompression sickness. Decompression sickness: Inert gas bubbles form in the bloodstream if the...
Decompression Illness (DCI) comprises two different conditions caused by rapid decompression of the body. These conditions present similar symptoms and...
abdomen. No benefits of abdominal decompression have been found in healthy pregnant women. Abdominal decompression has no effect on blood pressure of...
Decompressive craniectomy (crani- + -ectomy) is a neurosurgical procedure in which part of the skull is removed to allow a swelling or herniating brain...
exposure profile. Efficient decompression requires the diver to ascend fast enough to establish as high a decompression gradient, in as many tissues...
compressed, a decompression algorithm is invoked to perform a trial decompression. If the decompressor does not produce an error, the decompressed data is processed...
was the site of several serious incidents, most notably an explosive decompression in 1983 that killed four divers and one dive tender, as well as badly...
Scott Haldane's decompression procedures and the associated tables developed in the early 1900s greatly reduced the incidence of decompression sickness, but...
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