Microcirculation in fractal branching networks [electronic resource] / Tatsuhisa Takahashi.
2013
QP106.6 .T35 2014
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Title
Microcirculation in fractal branching networks [electronic resource] / Tatsuhisa Takahashi.
ISBN
9784431545088 electronic book
4431545085 electronic book
9784431545071
4431545085 electronic book
9784431545071
Published
Tokyo : Springer, [2013?]
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 138 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-4-431-54508-8 doi
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QP106.6 .T35 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
612.13
Summary
This book presents a new method for analyzing the structure and function of the biological branching systems of fractal trees, with a focus on microcirculation. Branching systems in humans (vascular and bronchial trees) and those in the natural world (plants, trees, and rivers) are characterized by a fractal nature. To date, fractal studies have tended to concentrate on fractal dimensions, which quantify the complexity of objects, but the applications for practical use have remained largely unexplored. This book breaks new ground with topics that include the human retinal microcirculatory network, oxygen consumption by vascular walls, the Fh raeus-Lindqvist effect, the bifurcation exponent, and the asymmetrical microvascular network. Readers are provided with simple formulas to express functions and a simulation graph with in vivo data. The book also discusses the mechanisms regulating blood flow and pressure and how they are related to pathological changes in the human body. Researchers and clinicians alike will find valuable new insights in these pioneering studies.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Branching Systems of Fractal Vascular Trees
A Theoretical Model for the Microcirculatory Network
Oxygen Consumption by Vascular Walls in the Retinal Vasculature
The Fh raeus-Lindqvist Effect on the Retinal Microcirculation
Effects of a Reduction in the Bifurcation Exponent from 3.00 to 2.85
Asymmetrically Branching Microvascular Networks.
A Theoretical Model for the Microcirculatory Network
Oxygen Consumption by Vascular Walls in the Retinal Vasculature
The Fh raeus-Lindqvist Effect on the Retinal Microcirculation
Effects of a Reduction in the Bifurcation Exponent from 3.00 to 2.85
Asymmetrically Branching Microvascular Networks.