Volume ordering for analysis and modeling of vascular systems

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 542-551

  Marxen, M ^a   Sled, J G ^b,c   Henkelman, R M ^b,c,d  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arterial kidney vasculature; Fractals; MicroCT imaging; Murray's law; Strahler ordering; Three dimensional flow modeling; Tree topology; Vascular morphology; Vessel ordering

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; FRACTALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOPOLOGY;

ARTERIAL KIDNEY VASCULATURE; MICROCT IMAGING; MURRAY'S LAW; STRAHLER ORDERING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW MODELING; TREE TOPOLOGY; VASCULAR MORPHOLOGY; VESSEL ORDERING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RAT; RENAL ARTERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RENAL ARTERY;

EID: 59449109839     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-008-9623-8     Document Type: Article

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