Arterial branching within the confines of fractal L-system formalism

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 267-275

  Zamir, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arterial tree; Branching; L system; Self similarity; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

ARTERY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; VASCULARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; ARTERIES; FRACTALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034849723     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.118.3.267     Document Type: Article

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