Multifractal analysis of microvasculature in health and disease

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 2336-2339

  Ward, Wil O C ^a   Bai, Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

microCT; microvasculature; multifractals; retinal analysis; sandbox method

Indexed keywords

MICRO CT; MICRO-VASCULATURE; MULTIFRACTALS; RETINAL ANALYSIS; SANDBOX METHOD;

BLOOD VESSELS; BRAIN; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FRACTALS; MAMMALS; MICROCIRCULATION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84886573354     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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