Quantitative assessments of morphological and functional properties of biological trees based on their fractal nature

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2315-2323

  Kamiya, Akira ^a   Takahashi, Tatsuhisa ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Fractal dimension; Murray; Vascular beds; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOMETRY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BRONCHUS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFARCTION; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRESS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TENSION; TISSUE INJURY; VALIDITY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; BRONCHI; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 34447522028     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00856.2006     Document Type: Article

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