An agent-based computational approach for representing aspects of in vitro multi-cellular tumor spheroid growth

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 I, Issue , 2004, Pages 691-694

  Chen, Song ^a   Ganguli, Suman ^a   Hunt, C Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent Based; Computational; In vitro; Multicellular; Simulation; Tumor Spheroid

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC DISTORTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TUMORS;

AGENT-BASED ANALYSIS; IN VITRO; MULTICELLULAR; TUMOR SPHEROID;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 11044227192     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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