The moving boundary node method: A level set-based, finite volume algorithm with applications to cell motility

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 229, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 7287-7308

  Wolgemuth, Charles W ^a   Zajac, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell motility; Diffusion; Finite volume; Level set; Moving boundaries; Numeric method

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CELL SIGNALING; CYTOLOGY; INTERPOLATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SAILING VESSELS;

CELL MOTILITY; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; CYTOSKELETONS; FINITE-VOLUME; LEVEL SET; MOVING BOUNDARIES; NUMERIC METHOD; VOLUME REPRESENTATIONS;

CELLS;

EID: 77955267573     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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