Computational models of structure-function relationships in the pulmonary circulation and their validation

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 285-293

  Tawhai, Merryn H ^a   Burrowes, Kelly S ^a   Hoffman, Eric A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VOLUME; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEIN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 33644831641     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2005.030957     Document Type: Article

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