On the problem of diffusivity in heterogeneous biological materials with random structure

Journal of Biological Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 551-567

  Posnansky, O P ^a   Shah, N J ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Heterogeneous biological tissue; Magnetic resonance; Renormalisation group method

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 57749208908     PISSN: 00920606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10867-008-9119-7     Document Type: Article

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