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Fractals in Biology and Medicine

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Gabriele A. Losa

    1. Institute for Scientific Interdisciplinary Studies (ISSE), Locarno, Switzerland
      Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
      Laboratorio die Patologia Cellulare, Locarno, Switzerland

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  2. Danilo Merlini

    1. Centro Ricerche in Fisica e Matematica, Locarno, Switzerland

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  3. Theo F. Nonnenmacher

    1. Abteilung für Mathematische Physik, Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany

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  4. Ewald R. Weibel

    1. Anatomisches Institut, Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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Table of contents (33 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Pattern Complexity in Organogenesis and Carcinogenesis

    • Gabriel Landini
    Pages 3-13

  3. Fractal Structure of Space and Time is Necessary for the Emergence of Self-Organization, Connectivity, and Collectivity in Cellular System

    • Przemyslaw Waliszewski, Jerzy Konarski
    Pages 15-24

  4. Diffusion Screening, Acinus Size and Optimal Design of Mammalian Lungs

    • B. Sapoval, E. R. Weibel, M. Filoche
    Pages 25-38

  5. Three-Dimensional Model of the Human Airway Tree Based on a Fractal Branching Algorithm

    • H. Kitaoka
    Pages 39-46

  6. Fractal Dimension, Form and Shape Factors for the Quantification of Nuclear Signature Profiles

    • Barbara Weyn, Willem Jacob, Gert Van de Wouwer, Vinicius Da Silva, Rodolfo Montironi, Deborah Thompson et al.
    Pages 47-54

  7. Fractal Signature Vectors and Lacunarity Class Distance Matrices to Extract New Adaptive Texture Features from Cell Nuclei

    • B. Nielsen, F. Albregtsen, H. E. Danielsen
    Pages 55-65

  8. Morphofractal Reorganization of Plasma Membrane and Nuclear Components during the Apoptosis of Breast Cancer Cells

    • C. Castelli, T. F. Nonnenmacher, G. A. Losa
    Pages 67-76

  9. Fractal Analysis of Chromatin during Apoptosis

    • R. Santoro, F. Marinelli, G. Turchetti, N. Zini, K. Scotlandi, E. Falcieri et al.
    Pages 77-84

  10. Asymptotic Fractals, Geostatistics and Hurst Parameter; Heterogeneity and Histological Grades in Breast Cancer

    • J. P. Rigaut, V. Sharifi-Salamatian
    Pages 87-93

  11. The Fractal Dimension of the Inner Surface of Neoplastic Mammary Ducts in Mammary Fibroadenomas and Mammary Carcinomas of Dog and Cat: Preliminary Data

    • G. De Vico, A. Sfacteria, G. Piedimonte
    Pages 95-100

  12. Classification of Prostatic Cancer Using Artificial Neural Networks

    • Torsten Mattfeldt, Maximilian Burger, Hans-Werner Gottfried, Hans A. Kestler
    Pages 101-111

  13. Fractal Dimension Exponent for Quantitative Evaluation of Liver Extracellular Matrix in Biopsy Specimens

    • N Dioguardi, F. Grizzi
    Pages 113-120

  14. Two-Dimensional Fractal Geometric Analysis of Bone Marrow Tissue in Hyperplasia, Refractory Anemia and Acute Leukemia

    • G. Bianciardi, L. Leoncini, S. Lazzi, A. V. Lalinga, P. Luzi
    Pages 121-125

  15. Color-Based Method for Fractal Dimension Estimation of Pigmented Skin Lesion Contour

    • Anna Piantanelli, Stefano Serresi, Giuseppe Ricotti, Rossolini Giuliana, Zaia Annamaria, Andrea Basso et al.
    Pages 127-136

  16. The EEG Signal In Hepatic Encephalopathy: from a Time-Domain Statistical Analysis towards Fractional Brownian Processes

    • D. Pascoli, S. Montagnese, T. Minelli, A. Pesavento, A. Pellegrini, A. Gatta et al.
    Pages 137-146

  17. A Fractal Approach of Pathological Voices

    • V. Péan, M. Ouayoun, C. Fugain, B. Meyer, C. H. Chouard
    Pages 147-151

  18. A Vowel Fractal Dimension Study

    • M. Ouayoun, V. Péan, B. Meyer, C. H. Chouard
    Pages 153-159

  19. Bone Architecture Measured by Fractal Dimension and Connectivity Indices is More Precociously Altered than Mineral Content in the Orchidectomized Rat

    • H. Libouban, M. F. Moreau, E. Legrand, M. Audran, M. F. Basle, D. Chappard
    Pages 161-170

  20. Texture Analyses of X-Ray Micrographs (Fractal Geometry and Run Length) are Better Predictors of Bone Loss than Mineral Content in a Rat Model of Localized Disuse Osteopenia

    • D. Chappard, A. Chennebault, H. Libouban, M. F. Moreau, E. Legrand, M. Audran et al.
    Pages 171-180
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In March 2000 leading scientists gathered at the Centro Seminariale Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, for the Third International Symposium on "Fractals 2000 in Biology and Medicine". This interdisciplinary conference was held over a four-day period and provided stimulating contributions from the very topical field Fractals in Biology and Medicine. This Volume III in the MBI series highlights the growing power and efficacy of the fractal geometry in understanding how to analyze living phenomena and complex shapes. Many biological objects, previously considered as hopelessly far from any quantitative description, are now being investigated by means of fractal methods. Researchers currently used fractals both as theoretical tools, to shed light on living systems` self-organization and evolution, and as useful techniques, capable of quantitatively analyzing physiological and pathological cell states, shapes and ultrastructures. The book should be of interest to researchers and students from Molecular and C

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Scientific Interdisciplinary Studies (ISSE), Locarno, Switzerland

    Gabriele A. Losa

  • Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Gabriele A. Losa

  • Laboratorio die Patologia Cellulare, Locarno, Switzerland

    Gabriele A. Losa

  • Centro Ricerche in Fisica e Matematica, Locarno, Switzerland

    Danilo Merlini

  • Abteilung für Mathematische Physik, Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany

    Theo F. Nonnenmacher

  • Anatomisches Institut, Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Ewald R. Weibel

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