 Fractals
"Fractals" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Patterns (real or mathematical) which look similar at different scales, for example the network of airways in the lung which shows similar branching patterns at progressively higher magnifications. Natural fractals are self-similar across a finite range of scales while mathematical fractals are the same across an infinite range. Many natural, including biological, structures are fractal (or fractal-like). Fractals are related to "chaos" (see NONLINEAR DYNAMICS) in that chaotic processes can produce fractal structures in nature, and appropriate representations of chaotic processes usually reveal self-similarity over time.
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D017709
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E05.599.125 G17.290
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fractals" by people in Profiles.
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Cui CL, He X, Dong CL, Song ZJ, Ji J, Wang X, Wang L, Wang JY, Du WJ, Wang CZ, Yuan CS, Guo CR, Zhang CF. The enhancement mechanism of wine-processed Radix Scutellaria on NTG-induced migraine rats. Biomed Pharmacother. 2017 Jul; 91:138-146.
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Almassalha LM, Tiwari A, Ruhoff PT, Stypula-Cyrus Y, Cherkezyan L, Matsuda H, Dela Cruz MA, Chandler JE, White C, Maneval C, Subramanian H, Szleifer I, Roy HK, Backman V. The Global Relationship between Chromatin Physical Topology, Fractal Structure, and Gene Expression. Sci Rep. 2017 01 24; 7:41061.
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Lennon FE, Cianci GC, Kanteti R, Riehm JJ, Arif Q, Poroyko VA, Lupovitch E, Vigneswaran W, Husain A, Chen P, Liao JK, Sattler M, Kindler HL, Salgia R. Unique fractal evaluation and therapeutic implications of mitochondrial morphology in malignant mesothelioma. Sci Rep. 2016 Apr 15; 6:24578.
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Yi J, Stypula-Cyrus Y, Blaha CS, Roy HK, Backman V. Fractal Characterization of Chromatin Decompaction in Live Cells. Biophys J. 2015 Dec 01; 109(11):2218-26.
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Lennon FE, Cianci GC, Cipriani NA, Hensing TA, Zhang HJ, Chen CT, Murgu SD, Vokes EE, Vannier MW, Salgia R. Lung cancer-a fractal viewpoint. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2015 Nov; 12(11):664-75.
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Jo J, Hörnblad A, Kilimnik G, Hara M, Ahlgren U, Periwal V. The fractal spatial distribution of pancreatic islets in three dimensions: a self-avoiding growth model. Phys Biol. 2013 Jun; 10(3):036009.
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Cunliffe AR, Al-Hallaq HA, Labby ZE, Pelizzari CA, Straus C, Sensakovic WF, Ludwig M, Armato SG. Lung texture in serial thoracic CT scans: assessment of change introduced by image registration. Med Phys. 2012 Aug; 39(8):4679-90.
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Galatzer-Levy RM. Finding your way through chaos, fractals, and other exotic mathematical objects: a guide for the perplexed. J Am Psychoanal Assoc. 2009 Oct; 57(5):1227-49.
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Wilkie JR, Giger ML, Engh CA, Hopper RH, Martell JM. Radiographic texture analysis in the characterization of trabecular patterns in periprosthetic osteolysis. Acad Radiol. 2008 Feb; 15(2):176-85.
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Li H, Giger ML, Olopade OI, Lan L. Fractal analysis of mammographic parenchymal patterns in breast cancer risk assessment. Acad Radiol. 2007 May; 14(5):513-21.
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