Reverse engineering of oxygen transport in the lung: Adaptation to changing demands and resources through space-filling networks

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Hou, Chen ^a   Gheorghiu, Stefan ^b   Huxley, Virginia H ^c   Pfeifer, Peter ^d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for Complexity Studies   (Romania)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRACTALS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; REVERSE ENGINEERING;

DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; FILLING ARCHITECTURE; FRACTAL NETWORK; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN LUNG; MINIMUM ENERGY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; OXYGEN UPTAKE RATES; SPACE FILLING; SURFACE AREA;

OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BREATHING EXERCISE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG ALVEOLUS SURFACE TENSION; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG MODEL; LUNG STRUCTURE; LUNG VENTILATION DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PREDICTION;

EID: 78049414823     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000902     Document Type: Article

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