Fig. 9: A schematic diagram of the interpretation and application of 3D hepatic acinus. | Communications Biology

Fig. 9: A schematic diagram of the interpretation and application of 3D hepatic acinus.

From: Multiscale X-ray phase-contrast CT unveils the evolution of bile infarct in obstructive biliary disease

Fig. 9

a The classic hepatic acinus in a classic hepatic lobule which is a hexagonal structure centered on the central vein with the portal area (including the portal vein, hepatic artery, and bile duct) at its apex. b The proposed hepatic acinus model in the hepatic lobule. The model takes the central vein as the center and expand it to generate zone III, and then continues to expand on the basis of zone III to generate zone II. The remaining area around the portal vein is labeled zone I. During the process, the parameters need to be adjusted to make the volumes of the three zones equal. c Expansion of the hepatic acinus model to the whole hepatic lobule. d 3D exhibition of proposed hepatic acinus model (zone I in purple, zone II in white, and zone III in blue), together with the central veins (dark blue), portal veins (dark purple).

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