Cell surfaces and fractal dimensions
| Autor: | Bonnie Quinn, P. Hyam, K. M. W. Keough, David A. Pink |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Surface (mathematics)
Histology Materials science Scale (ratio) Neutrophils Magnification Mast-Cell Sarcoma Geometry Cell morphology Kidney Fractal dimension Epithelium Pathology and Forensic Medicine law.invention Mice Fractal law Tumor Cells Cultured Animals Ascitic Fluid Humans Lymphocytes Cell Membrane Rats Electron microscope Order of magnitude Mathematics |
| Zdroj: | Journal of microscopy. 163(Pt 1) |
| ISSN: | 0022-2720 |
| Popis: | SUMMARY The perimeters of the surface membranes of some different cell types have been digitized from electron micrographs and the data analysed in order to discover whether the perimeter can be described by a fractal dimension, df. Micrographs obtained at various magnifications and subsequently enlarged by different amounts have been used. Values of df ranging from 1.02 to 1.34 were manifested over a scale length of about one order of magnitude. Values of df were independent of the magnification, and were the same for cells of the same type. Possible implications of these results are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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