Emergent structure-function relations in emphysema and asthma

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 263-280

  Winkler, Tilo ^a   Suki, Béla ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex behavior; Emergence; Network model; self organization; Tipping point

Indexed keywords

DRUG THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

COMPLEX BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCE; NETWORK MODELING; SELF ORGANIZATIONS; TIPPING POINT;

DISEASES;

HYALURONIC ACID;

AIRWAY; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; COMPUTER MODEL; DISEASE COURSE; FORCE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL FORCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

EID: 80054119227     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v39.i4.20     Document Type: Review

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