A three-dimensional model for arterial tree representation, generated by constrained constructive optimization

R Karch, F Neumann, M Neumann… - Computers in biology and …, 1999 - Elsevier
The computational method of constrained constructive optimization (CCO) has been
generalized in two important respects:(1) arterial model trees are now grown within a …

The influence of optimization target selection on the structure of arterial tree models generated by constrained constructive optimization.

W Schreiner, F Neumann, M Neumann, A End… - The Journal of general …, 1995 - rupress.org
The computational method of constrained constructive optimization was used to generate
complex arterial model trees by optimization with respect to a target function. Changing the …

Staged growth of optimized arterial model trees

R Karch, F Neumann, M Neumann… - Annals of biomedical …, 2000 - Springer
There is a marked difference in the structure of the arterial tree between epi-and endocardial
layers of the human heart. To model these structural variations, we developed an extension …

Optimized arterial trees supplying hollow organs

W Schreiner, R Karch, M Neumann, F Neumann… - Medical engineering & …, 2006 - Elsevier
Computer models of arterial trees can be generated from optimization principles using the
algorithm of constrained constructive optimization (CCO). Up to now this algorithm could …

Structural quantification and bifurcation symmetry in arterial tree models generated by constrained constructive optimization

W Schreiner, F Neumann, M Neumann, A End… - Journal of theoretical …, 1996 - Elsevier
Arterial tree models are generated by Constrained Constructive Optimization according to
minimum intravascular volume. These models, which have been shown to adequately …

Limited bifurcation asymmetry in coronary arterial tree models generated by constrained constructive optimization

W Schreiner, F Neumann, M Neumann… - The Journal of general …, 1997 - rupress.org
Models of coronary arterial trees are generated by the algorithm of constrained constructive
optimization (CCO). In a given perfusion area a binary branching network of straight …

Computer generation of complex arterial tree models

W Schreiner - Journal of biomedical engineering, 1993 - Elsevier
Detailed models binary branching arterial trees can be generated on a computer by using a
new optimization technique; additional branches are successively added, while given …

The branching angles in computer-generated optimized models of arterial trees.

W Schreiner, M Neumann, F Neumann… - The Journal of general …, 1994 - rupress.org
The structure of a complex arterial tree model is generated on the computer using the newly
developed method of" constrained constructive optimization." The model tree is grown step …

Voronoi polyhedra analysis of optimized arterial tree models

R Karch, F Neumann, M Neumann… - Annals of Biomedical …, 2003 - Springer
Topological and metric properties of Voronoi polyhedra (VP) generated by the distal end
points of terminal segments in arterial tree models grown by the method of constrained …

Development of optimized vascular fractal tree models using level set distance function

AV Bui, R Manasseh, K Liffman, ID Šutalo - Medical engineering & physics, 2010 - Elsevier
Using the concepts of fractal scaling and constrained constructive optimization (CCO), a
branching tree model, which has physiologically meaningful geometric properties, can be …