DocumentCode
3306283
Title
Temperature and male reproduction: the human testis as a multi-fractal organ
Author
Tritto, Joseph ; North, Marie-Odile
Author_Institution
Service of Urology, St. Louis Hosp., Paris, France
Volume
2
fYear
1999
fDate
36434
Abstract
The fractal anatomy is founded on the basis that an organ is a mixture of different fractal structures (microvascular network, interstitial network, morpho-functional unit network), each one with a different value of fractal dimension. The multifractality description and definition of a classic anatomical organ is related to a multi-dimensional analytical classification of the defined anatomo-functional components. A three-level fractal scaling model of the human testis is described in which the microvascular network expresses the basic hierarchic role in the microcirculatory thermoregulation of the human spermatogenetic process
Keywords
biological organs; biorheology; biothermics; fractals; genetics; physiological models; anatomo-functional components; classic anatomical organ; fractal anatomy; fractal dimension; fractal structures; human spermatogenetic process; human testis; interstitial network; male reproduction; microcirculatory thermoregulation; microvascular network; morpho-functional unit network; multi-dimensional analytical classification; multi-fractal organ; multifractality description; organ; temperature; three-level fractal scaling model; Anatomy; Automatic testing; Fractals; Hospitals; Humans; Logic; Pathology; Size measurement; Temperature; Tires;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location
Atlanta, GA
ISSN
1094-687X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5674-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.804062
Filename
804062
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