Using fractal geometry and universal growth curves as diagnostics for comparing tumor vasculature and metabolic rate with healthy tissue and for predicting responses to drug therapies

DOI10.3934/DCDSB.2013.18.1077zbMath1305.92043OpenAlexW1987350204WikidataQ37280890 ScholiaQ37280890MaRDI QIDQ378957

Van M. Savage, Kevin Leu, Alexander B. Herman, Geoffrey B. West

Publication date: 12 November 2013

Published in: Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems. Series B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.3934/dcdsb.2013.18.1077

zbMATH Keywords

fractal geometrygrowth equationsscaling theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Medical applications (general) (92C50)

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