Fractals in Biology and Medicine [Paperback]

In March 2000 leading scientists gathered at the Centro Seminariale Monte Verit?, Ascona, Switzerland, for the Third International Symposium on Fractals 2000 in Biology and Medicine . This interdisciplinary conference provided stimulating contributions from the very topical field Fractals in Biology and Medicine. This volume highlights the growing power and efficacy of the fractal geometry in understanding how to analyze living phenomena and complex shapes.

In March 2000 leading scientists gathered at the Centro SeminarialeMonte Verit?, Ascona, Switzerland, for the Third International Symposiumon Fractals 2000 in Biology and Medicine . This interdisciplinaryconference was held over a four-day period and provided stimulatingcontributions from the very topical field Fractals in Biology andMedicine. This Volume III in the MBI series highlights the growing powerand efficacy of the fractal geometry in understanding how to analyzeliving phenomena and complex shapes. Many biological objects, previouslyconsidered as hopelessly far from any quantitative description, are nowbeing investigated by means of fractal methods. Researchers currentlyused fractals both as theoretical tools, to shed light on livingsystems` self-organization and evolution, and as useful techniques,capable of quantitatively analyzing physiological and pathological cellstates, shapes and ultrastructures.The book should be of interest to researchers and students fromMolecular and CFractal Design of Biological Structures and Functions.- Pattern Complexity in Organogenesis and Carcinogenesis.- Fractal Structure of Space and Time is Necessary for the Emergence of Self-Organization, Connectivity, and Collectivity in Cellular System.- Diffusion Screening, Acinus Size and Optimal Design of Mammalian Lungs.- Three-Dimensional Model of the Human Airway Tree Based on a Fractal Branching Algorithm.- Fractal Dimension, Form and Shape Factors for the Quantification of Nuclear Signature Profiles.- FlC%