A fractal continuum model of the pulmonary arterial tree

G. S. Krenz; J. H. Linehan; C. A. Dawson

doi:10.1152/jappl.1992.72.6.2225

A fractal continuum model of the pulmonary arterial tree

G. S. Krenz^*, J. H. Linehan, C. A. Dawson

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Abstract

The extant morphometric data from the intrapulmonary arteries of dog, human, and cat lungs produce graphs of the log of the vessel number, (N) or length (l) in each level vs. the log of the mean diameter (D) in each level that are sufficiently linear to suggest that a scale-independent self-similar or fractal structure may underlie the observed relationships.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2225-2237
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of applied physiology
Volume	72
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1152/jappl.1992.72.6.2225
State	Published - 1992

Keywords

compliance
hemodynamics
inertance
resistance

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Physiology
Physiology (medical)

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