Coupled agent-based and finite-element models for predicting scar structure following myocardial infarction

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 235-243

  Rouillard, Andrew D ^a   Holmes, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Collagen; Fibroblast; Finite element model; Myocardial infarction; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908661481     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2014.06.010     Document Type: Article

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