Imaging and Analysis of Vascular Networks: Latest Advances and Prospects
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 January 2024) | Viewed by 422
Special Issue Editors
Interests: imaging; image processing; vasculature; vascular disease; network; structure
Interests: theoretical biophysics; complex systems; network science; biological networks; computational physics; image processing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The cardiovascular system is of critical importance for the maintenance of the body. Its main general function is the delivery of oxygen, nutrients, and others molecules to tissues, with specific additional roles in some specialized organs, such as glomerular filtration in the kidneys, hormone release in blood flow in endocrine glands, etc. The vascular system, composed of arteries, capillaries, and veins, is a multiscale network whose functional capacity critically depends on its spatial organization. Impairment of the vascular network is associated with a variety of pathologies, such as heart failure, diabetes, or cognitive disorders. Imaging and spatial characterization of the 3D architecture of vascular networks is hence required to analyze their normal functional capacity and their pathological alterations. The aim of this Special Issue is to identify and outline recent advances in imaging techniques, image processing methodologies, and morphometric descriptors applied to the characterization of vascular network architectures in various human or animal organs and tissues, in normal and/or pathological conditions.
Dr. Etienne Roux
Dr. Marko Gosak
Dr. Marko Marhl
Guest Editors
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