Percolation and transit in microvascular networks.
Percolation and transit in microvascular networks.
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微血管网络中的渗透和转运。
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4684-5188-7_11
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发表时间:
1986
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通讯作者:
Werin,S
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作者:
Hudetz,AG;Werin,S
METHODSIn order to determine the theoretical relationship between capillary density and microvascular resistance in asymmetric, interconnected networks, such that found in the brain cortex (Duvernoy et al., 1981), matllematical models of vessel networks with various topologies were constructed, and the steady state distributions of local pressures and flows in the system were calculated.At first, the effect of the spatial pattern of arterioles and venules was studied. To this end, a 3-dimensional, quasi-random capillary network model was set up. Since cerebral capillaries usually branch in bifurcations, the network was constructed with a coordination number of 3. This had to be a randomized network, since no 3-dimensional regular lattice exists with a coordination number of less than 4. Some guidance for the selection of the topology of the network was obtained from the\{ork of Heencke and Keyserlingk (1979) who demonstrated hexagonal-like arrangement of capillaries with an average branching angle of 60 degrees