In silico design of treatment strategies in wound healing and bone fracture healing

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1920, 2010, Pages 2683-2706

  Geris, L ^a,b   Schugart, R ^c   Van Oosterwyck, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone regeneration; Mathematical modelling; Patient variability; Treatment strategies; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; REPAIR;

BONE FRACTURE; BONE REGENERATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODELS; HEALING PROCESS; IN-SILICO; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; REPAIR PROCESS; WOUND HEALING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCAR;

CICATRIX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77953529579     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0056     Document Type: Review

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