Fractals in pathology

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Cross, Simon S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fractal dimension; fractals; mathematical biology; mathematical modelling

Indexed keywords

BONE DISEASE; CELL GROWTH; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BONE DISEASES; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0030909412     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199705)182:1<1::AID-PATH808>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Review

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