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Fractal patterns for cells in culture
M J Vilela1, M L Martins, S R Boschetti
1Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
The Journal of Pathology
|September 1, 1995
Abstract:
The present study aims to understand the growth of human malignant tumours in vitro, using the geometry of fractals as a method of analysis. The fractal dimensions of HN-5 and MDCK cell growth patterns have been measured. The first results may suggest the possibility of distinct growth processes characterized by different (time-dependent) effective fractal dimensions for MDCK and HN-5 cells. If this is true, the fractal dimensions may yet prove to be a useful discriminant for comparing different diagnostic categories.