External mechanical loading overrules cell-cell mechanical communication in sprouting angiogenesis during early bone regeneration
Fig 2
Algorithm implemented to simulate vessel growth.
P1 = probability of tip EC migration in the direction of the previous iteration; P2 = probability of tip EC migration in a random direction; P3 = probability of tip EC migration following the strain-based rules (P3 = 1-P2-P1); EPmax_abs = absolute maximum principal strain; θvessel = vessel growth direction; θEPmax_abs = absolute maximum principal strain direction; θ⊥EPmax_abs = perpendicular to the absolute maximum principal strain direction.