Percolation, morphogenesis, and burgers dynamics in blood vessels formation

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Gamba, A ^a   Ambrosi, D ^a   Coniglio, A ^b   De Candia, A ^b   Di Talia, S ^b   Giraudo, E ^c   Serini, G ^c   Preziosi, L ^a   Bussolino, F ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c CANDIOLO CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHASE TRANSITIONS;

BURGERS DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERFACE; PERCOLATIVE TRANSITION; PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITION; VASCULAR NETWORK;

HEMODYNAMICS;

EID: 85088493164     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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