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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
2
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1997-2-27
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| pubmed:abstractText |
This paper discusses the concepts of fractal geometry in a cellular biological context. It defines the concept of the fractal dimension. D, as a measure of complexity and illustrates the two different general ways of quantitatively measuring D by length-related and mass-related methods. Then, these several Ds are compared and contrasted. A goal of the paper is to find methods other than length-related measures that can distinguish between two objects that have the same D but are structurally different. The mass-related D is shown potentially to be such a measure. The concept of lacunarity, L, is defined and methods of measuring L are illustrated. L is also shown to be a potentially distinguishing measure. Finally, the notion of multifracticality is defined and illustrated to exist in certain individual nerve and glial cells.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Nov
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| pubmed:issn |
0165-0270
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
69
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
123-36
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2005-11-16
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1996
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Fractal methods and results in cellular morphology--dimensions, lacunarity and multifractals.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Laboratory of Neurophysiology, NINDS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. tgs@codon.nih.gov
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Review
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