Relating function to branching geometry: A micro-CT study of the hepatic artery, portal vein, and biliary tree

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 431-442

  Kline, Timothy L ^a   Zamir, Mair ^b   Ritman, Erik L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anatomy, functional; Blood vessel, morphology and structure; Liver; Morphology, comparative; Rat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FLUID TRANSPORT; GEOMETRY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; IMAGING; LAMINAR FLOW; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BILIARY TRACT; HEPATIC ARTERY; LIVER; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

RATTUS;

EID: 80054746758     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323482     Document Type: Article

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