Emergent vascular network inhomogeneities and resulting blood flow patterns in a growing tumor

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-280

  Welter, M ^a   Bartha, K ^b   Rieger, H ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis modeling; Blood flow heterogeneities; Cancer; Drug flow simulations; Remodeling of vessel networks

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DRUG; MODELING; OXYGEN; TUMOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC;

EID: 37349011512     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.09.031     Document Type: Article

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