A computer reconstruction of the entire coronary arterial tree based on detailed morphometric data

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1015-1026

  Mittal, N ^a   Zhou, Y ^b   Ung, S ^a   Linares, C ^a   Molloi, S ^c   Kassab, G S ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Design rules; Diameter Defined Strahler system; Growth algorithm; Strahler system; Vascular reconstruction

Indexed keywords

DESIGN RULES; DIAMETER-DEFINED STRAHLER SYSTEM; GROWTH ALGORITHMS; STRAHLER SYSTEM; VASCULAR RECONSTRUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DATA PROCESSING; DATA REDUCTION; EXTRAPOLATION; HISTOLOGY; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 23844475380     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-005-5758-z     Document Type: Article

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