A computational study of the effect of capillary network anastomoses and tortuosity on oxygen transport

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-194

  Goldman, Daniel ^a   Popel, Aleksander S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CALCULATION; CAPILLARY FLOW; COUNTERCURRENT FLOW; GEOMETRY; LEUKOCYTE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

CRICETINAE;

EID: 0034699408     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2000.2113     Document Type: Article

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