Fractal characteristics of tumor vascular architecture during tumor growth and regression

Microcirculation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 395-402

  Gazit, Yuval ^a   Baish, James W ^c   Safabakhsh, Nina ^b   Leunig, Michael ^b   Baxter, Laurence T ^b   Jain, Rakesh K ^b,d  

^a HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Fractals; Network analysis; Percolation; Tumor vasculature

Indexed keywords

MURINAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICE; MICE, SCID; MICROSCOPY; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC;

EID: 0031303218     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10739689709146803     Document Type: Article

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