The Formation of Branching Systems in Human Organs

Ryuji Takaki, Hiroko Kitaoka, Tetsuji Nishioka, Hironobu Kaneko, Masaniri Nara and Hideo Shimizu
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Ryuji Takaki: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Hiroko Kitaoka: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Tetsuji Nishioka: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Hironobu Kaneko: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Masaniri Nara: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Hideo Shimizu: Shonan-Kamakura Hospital

Chapter 25 in Morphogenesis and Pattern Formation in Biological Systems, 2003, pp 295-305 from Springer

Abstract: Summary In this chapter computer algorithms for the formation of branching systems in human organs are proposed and results of simulations are shown. As specific examples of branching systems the lung airway, the liver blood vessels and the liver capillary network are chosen. In setting up algorithms, functions of these organs and anatomical data are considered, where the former is applied for rules to determine details of structures and the latter mainly for boundary conditions. The resulting computer-generated structures show a good resemblance with real organs, and some quantitative comparisons with observations are made to support the present algorithms.

Keywords: human organs; computer simulation; bifurcation; lung; airway; liver; blood vessel; capillary (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-65958-7_25

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