Scaling laws for branching vessels of human cerebral cortex

Microcirculation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 331-344

  Francis, Cassot ^a   Frederic, Lauwers ^a   Sylvie, Lorthois ^b   Prasanna, Puwanarajah ^c   Henri, Duvernoy ^d  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b IMFT   (France)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Human brain; Microcirculation; Scaling laws; Vascular tree

Indexed keywords

INDIAN INK;

ALLOMETRY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIGITAL IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METABOLIC RATE; MICROVASCULATURE; MURRAY LAW; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCALING LAW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR TUMOR; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSELS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; METABOLISM; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 67650305775     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10739680802662607     Document Type: Article

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