I Systemic Microvascular Mechanics. - 1. Future Trends in Microcirculation Research. - 2. Transit Time Distributions of Blood Flow in the Microcirculation. - 3. Particles as Flow Tracers. - 4. Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Hematocrit Distribution in Microcirculatory Networks. - 5. Dispersion of Blood Cell Flow in Microvascular Networks. - 6. Bioengineering Analysis of Blood Flow in Resting Skeletal Muscle. - II Pulmonary Microvascular Mechanics. - 7. Pulmonary Capillary Blood Pressure. - 8. Sites of Vasoactivity in the Pulmonary Circulation Evaluated Using Rapid Occlusion Methods. - 9. Sites of Vasoactivity in the Pulmonary Circulation Evaluated Using a Low-Viscosity Bolus Method. - 10. Volumetric Changes of Pulmonary Capillaries as Assessed by a Density Method. - 11. Direct Measurement of Pulmonary Capillary Transit Time and Recruitment. - 12. Elasticity of Microvessels in Postmortem Human Lungs. - 13. Connection of Micro- and Macromechanics of the Lung. Language: English