FRACTAL & CHAOTIC DYNAMICS OF ARTERIOLAR FLOWS

现在不仅有许多解剖学和生理学的测量方法 显示出分形特征，但 生物系统被认为不是很好的周期性， 更有可能是不可预测的任何精度。 这种徘徊或 可变性不是由于系统外部的不规则输入 而是系统本身固有的，与噪声无关， 归因于相互作用中的非线性和延迟 系统的组件之间。 这是这个项目的目的 把一些用来评估混沌系统的方法 行为，特别是那些不显示周期加倍或 分叉，并将其应用于生理系统 与心血管物质运输、交换和代谢有关。

Not only are many anatomical and physiologic measures being now demonstrated to show fractal characteristics, but the behavior of biological systems is being recognized not to be nicely periodic, and more likely to be unpredictable with any precision. This wandering or variability is not due to irregular inputs from external to the system but is inherent in the system itself, independent of noise, and is attributable to the nonlinearities and delays in the interactions between components of the system. It is the purpose of this project to take some of the methods being used for assessing chaotic system behavior, particularly those which do not show period doubling or bifurcations, and to develop their applications to physiologic systems related to cardiovascular mass transport, exchange and metabolism.