Branching design of the bronchial tree based on a diameter-flow relationship

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 968-976

  Kitaoka, Hiroko ^a,b   Suki, Béla ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

airway; diameter exponent; flow distribution; fractals; power law distributions

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

EID: 0030951605     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.82.3.968     Document Type: Article

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