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100 1 _aTakahashi, Tatsuhisa.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aMicrocirculation in Fractal Branching Networks
_h[electronic resource] /
_cby Tatsuhisa Takahashi.
264 1 _aTokyo :
_bSpringer Japan :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2014.
300 _aXIII, 138 p. 43 illus.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
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505 0 _aBranching Systems of Fractal Vascular Trees -- A Theoretical Model for the Microcirculatory Network -- Oxygen Consumption by Vascular Walls in the Retinal Vasculature -- The Fåhraeus-Lindqvist Effect on the Retinal Microcirculation -- Effects of a Reduction in the Bifurcation Exponent from 3.00 to 2.85 -- Asymmetrically B ranching Microvascular Networks.
520 _aThis 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 Fåhraeus-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.
650 0 _aMedicine.
650 0 _aCardiology.
650 0 _aOphthalmology.
650 0 _aPhysiology
_xMathematics.
650 1 4 _aMedicine & Public Health.
650 2 4 _aCardiology.
650 2 4 _aOphthalmology.
650 2 4 _aPhysiological, Cellular and Medical Topics.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9784431545071
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54508-8
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