Fractal properties, segment anatomy, and interdependence of the human portal vein and the hepatic vein in 3D

Fractals

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-62

  Hahn, Horst K ^a   Evertsz, Carl J G ^a   Peitgen, Heinz Otto ^a   Fasel, Jean H D ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Branching Ratio; Fractal Scaling; Liver Vessels; Side Branching; Strahler Ordering Scheme; Tree Distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037651906     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X03001422     Document Type: Article

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