A mathematical model for the distribution of hemodynamic parameters in the human retinal microvascular network

Journal of Biorheology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 77-86

  Takahashi, Tatsuhisa ^a   Nagaoka, Taiji ^a   Yanagida, Hirotaka ^b   Saitoh, Tadashi ^b   Kamiya, Akira ^c   Hein, Travis ^d   Kuo, Lih ^d   Yoshida, Akitoshi ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences   (Japan)

^d TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

F hraeus Lindqvist effect; Fractal dimension; Microcirculation; Murray's cube law; Retinal blood flow; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VELOCITY; BRANCH LENGTH; BRANCHING SYSTEMS; CAPILLARY NETWORK; CURRENT THEORETICAL MODELS; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN RETINA; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; LINDQVIST; MICROVASCULAR NETWORK; MURRAY'S CUBE LAW; RETINAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL VASCULATURE; SHEAR RATES; SMALL ANIMAL; VESSEL DIAMETER; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSELS; CENTRIFUGATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCIRCULATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 78649630812     PISSN: 18670466     EISSN: 18670474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12573-009-0012-1     Document Type: Article

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