The fractal spatial distribution of pancreatic islets in three dimensions: A self-avoiding growth model

Physical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Jo, Junghyo ^a   Hörnblad, Andreas ^b   Kilimnik, German ^c   Hara, Manami ^c   Ahlgren, Ulf ^b   Periwal, Vipul ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MOUSE; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PANCREAS ISLET; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL;

EID: 84878880759     PISSN: 14783967     EISSN: 14783975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/10/3/036009     Document Type: Article

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