A computational model of intussusceptive microvascular growth and remodeling

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 570-583

  Szczerba, Dominik ^a,c   Kurz, Haymo ^b   Szekely, Gabor ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c IT'IS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angiopoietin; Bifurcation formation; Capillary growth; Computational fluid dynamics; Endothelium; Fluid structure interaction; Intussusceptive angiogenesis; Level set method; Multiphysics simulation; Pericyte; Vessel wall

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BIFURCATION; BLOOD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIMULATION;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; COMPUTER MODEL; HEMODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROVASCULARIZATION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CAPILLARIES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70350569953     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.09.018     Document Type: Article

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