• 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