Anatomical variability and functional ability of vascular trees modeled by constrained constructive optimization

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-158

  Schreiner, Wolfgang ^a   Neumann, Friederike ^a   Neumann, Martin ^b   End, Adelheid ^a   Roedler, Susanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUT FÜR EXPERIMENTALPHYSIK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER MODEL; CORONARY ARTERY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031582637     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0413     Document Type: Article

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