Morphometry of the human pulmonary vasculature

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2123-2133

  Huang, W ^a,b   Yen, R T ^a   McLaurine, M ^a   Bledsoe, G ^a  

^a University of Memphis ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

connectivity matrix; diameter defined Strahler system; fractal dimension; pulmonary artery; pulmonary vein; vessel element; vessel segment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CAPILLARY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEIN;

EID: 0029844221     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.5.2123     Document Type: Article

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