Visualization and mechanical manipulations of individual fibrin fibers suggest that fiber cross section has fractal dimension 1.3

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 4226-4236

  Guthold, Martin ^a   Liu, W ^a   Stephens, B ^a   Lord, S T ^b   Hantgan, R R ^c   Erie, D A ^d   Taylor Jr , R M ^e   Superfinell, R ^d  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e Brooks Computer Science Building   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13A; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; SILICON; THROMBIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOOD CLOT; BLOOD CLOTTING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 10044247492     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.042333     Document Type: Article

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