Fractal tumours: Their real and virtual images

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 108, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 547-551

  Sedivy, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

cancer; fractals; tumour outlines; virtual images

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; TUMOR GROWTH;

CELL DIVISION; FRACTALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0029744911     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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