Re-evaluating the Use of Voronoi Tessellations in the Assessment of Oxygen Supply from Capillaries in Muscle

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2204-2231

  Al Shammari, A A ^a,b   Gaffney, E A ^a   Egginton, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capillary supply; Flux trapping regions; Mathematical modelling; Oxygen transport; Voronoi tessellations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864747695     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-012-9753-x     Document Type: Article

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