A procedural method for modeling the Purkinje fibers of the heart

Journal of Physiological Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 481-486

  Ijiri, Takashi ^a   Ashihara, Takashi ^b   Yamaguchi, Takeshi ^c   Takayama, Kenshi ^a   Igarashi, Takeo ^a,d   Shimada, Tatsuo ^e   Namba, Tsunetoyo ^f   Haraguchi, Ryo ^g   Nakazawa, Kazuo ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JST/ERATO

^e OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f HIMEJI DOKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heart simulation; L system; Purkinje fibers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER MODEL; HEART MUSCLE CELL; PLANT CELL; PURKINJE FIBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTALS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; PURKINJE FIBERS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 58149291287     PISSN: 18806546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/physiolsci.RP003208     Document Type: Article

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