A computational model of hemodynamic parameters in cortical capillary networks

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 145-156

  Safaeian, Navid ^a   Sellier, Mathieu ^a   David, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cerebral capillary network; Mathematical model; Numerical method; Voronoi diagram

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; GEOMETRY; MORPHOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN CORTEX; CALCULATION; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CAPILLARY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 78650152744     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.11.038     Document Type: Article

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