Functional characteristics of optimized arterial tree models perfusing volumes of different thickness and shape

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 250-264

  Karch, Rudolf ^a,c   Neumann, Friederike ^a   Neumann, Martin ^b   Schreiner, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUT FÜR EXPERIMENTALPHYSIK   (Austria)

^c Inst Med Computerwissenschaften   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arterial branching system model; Arterial network optimization; Blood transport; Computer simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE PERFUSION;

EID: 0033798365     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000025739     Document Type: Article

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