Fractals in Biology and Medicine

In March 2000 leading scientists gathered at the Centro SeminarialeMonte Verità, 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...
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In March 2000 leading scientists gathered at the Centro SeminarialeMonte Verità, 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 C