Modeling cell movement and chemotaxis using pseudopod-based feedback

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1035-1057

  Neilson, M P ^a   Mackenzie, J A ^a   Webb, S D ^a   Insall, R H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALE methods; Cell migration; Chemotaxis; Level set methods; Reaction diffusion

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DROP BREAKUP; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDROGELS; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; LINEAR EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ALE METHODS; CELL BOUNDARY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXI; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; LEVEL SET METHOD; PATTERN FORMATION; REACTION-DIFFUSION;

CELLS;

EID: 79958064500     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/100788938     Document Type: Article

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