A model of the lungs based on fractal geometrical and structural properties

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 15, Issue PART 1, 2009, Pages 994-999

  Ionescu, Clara ^a   Oustaloup, Alain ^b   Levron, François ^b   Melchior, Pierre ^b   Sabatier, Jocelyn ^b   De Keyser, Robin ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Biomedical systems; Electrical networks; Fractal systems; Fractional order systems; Impedance; Lung; Modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MODELS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; VISCOELASTICITY;

BIOMEDICAL SYSTEMS; ELECTRICAL NETWORKS; FRACTAL SYSTEMS; FRACTIONAL-ORDER SYSTEMS; LUNG;

FRACTALS;

EID: 73449136423     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20090706-3-FR-2004.0265     Document Type: Conference Paper

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