Fractal dimension of the bone marrow in metastatic lesions

Human Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1299-1303

  Moatamed, Farhad ^a   Sahimi, Muhammad ^b   Naeim, Faramarz ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Chaos; Fractal dimension; Hematopoiesis; Human; Image analysis; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; METASTASIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031729688     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(98)90261-1     Document Type: Article

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