Author(s)

F. Neumann, W. Schreiner & M. Neumann

Abstract

Following realistic principles of coronary blood supply to a given myocar- dial perfusion area, arterial vascular trees are represented in a computer simulation model as two-dimensional structures of cylindrical tubes, grown in accordance with given boundary conditions, a set of constraints, and an optimization target. In the present work, arterial trees generated by con- strained constructive optimization feeding perfusion areas of different shape, were investigated and compared with respect to their global characteristics. Perfusion areas allowing for multiple symmetrical branching of arteries were found to be most efficient in terms of costs of blood transport and delivery. 1 Introduction Until recently, in computer simulation studie

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