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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Microcirculation. 2021 Apr 8;28(5):e12687. doi: 10.1111/micc.12687

Table E2.

Typical constraints used in synthesizing cortical microvascular structures

Stage maxL (μm) minL (μm) minAngle (°) maxAngle (°) minNSL (μm) maxNSL (μm)

Backbone NA NA NA NA NA NA
Pials NA 10 NA 90 30 NA
Long penetrators NA NA 80 100 0.45 · CD 0.9 · CD
Capillaries 100–200 50–100 NA NA 245–520 NA
Short penetrators NA NA 85 95 0.1 · CD 0.35 · CD
Capillaries 7–100 5–50 NA NA 123–245 NA
Closure 80 5 15 180 5 NA

- CD: cortical depth, NSL: new segment length, L: length (new segment or existing segment), NA: not used