A bidirectional interface growth model for cranial interosseous suture morphogenesis

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 100-114

  Zollikofer, Christoph P E ^a   Weissmann, John David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Interosseous sutures; Laplace growth; Morphogenetic modeling; Morphometric analysis

Indexed keywords

MORPHOGEN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTEROSSEOUS SUTURE; MORPHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL SUTURE; VISCOSITY;

BONE DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRANIAL SUTURES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; SKULL;

EID: 79960105119     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01386.x     Document Type: Article

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