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. 2017 Apr 13;62(10):3902–3922. doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/aa68d5

Table 2.

Tree-building parameters and cost functions for adapting the simulated vasculature to the anatomical parameters. The subscript ‘sim’ refers to simulated values, the subscript ‘lit’ refers to values given in the literature, (table 1). The subscripts ‘A’ and ‘V’ symbolize arterioles and venules.

Tree-building parameter Symbol Cost function
Densities of terminal nodes ρA,V (cA,V;simcA,V;lit1)2
Murray exponents γA,V ((rA,VrT)sim(rA,VrT)lit1)2
Pressure drops PA,V (rA,V;simrA,V;lit1)2+(rT;simrT;lit1)2