1 Erratum to: Med Biol Eng Comput DOI 10.1007/s11517-015-1445-x

In the original publication of the article, Fig. 2 was published incorrectly. The correct version of Fig. 2 is given below and the original article has been updated accordingly.

Fig. 2
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Synthetic tree shapes for simulation experiments. The average tree shape was used as a basis and deformed using thin plate spline transforms. Bifurcations and branch midpoints were used as control points. Control points were independently rotated about the carina to displace them