Cellular automaton simulation of tumour growth - Equivocal relationships between simulation parameters and morphologic pattern features

Analytical Cellular Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 71-82

  Smolle, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cellular automaton; Computer simulation; Image analysis; Pattern interpretation; Tumour growth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MELANOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0032413801     PISSN: 09218912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1998/920709     Document Type: Article

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