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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 28.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Biomed Eng. 2012 May 8;40(11):10.1007/s10439-012-0585-5. doi: 10.1007/s10439-012-0585-5

TABLE 2.

Summary of representative microvascular image-based blood flow simulations using the empirical hemorheological Pries–Secomb relationships.

System/organ Imaging method Outlet boundary conditions Species References
Intra-cortical vascular network Confocal microscopy Pressure/zero flow/flow rate Human Lorthois et al.75
Retinal microvasculature Confocal microscopy Pressure Mouse Ganesan et al.42
Retinal arterial microvasculature Fundus camera Structured tree Human Liu et al.72
Skeletal muscle microvasculature Confocal microscopy Pressure Rat Benedict et al.9
Coronary microvasculature µCT Pressure Rat Lee and Smith69
Intra-cortical vascular network SRµCT Pressure Rat Reichold et al.105
Fetoplacental and pulmonary vascular network µCT Pressure Mouse Yang et al.126

SRµCT: Synchrotron Radiation Based Micro-CT.