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Fractal Analysis of Blood-Tissue Exchange Kinetics

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Oxygen Transport to Tissue X

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Having a “fractal nature” implies that one or more features of a system or phenomenon appear to have similar characteristics when examined over a range scale. Mathematical fractals are generated by recursive expressions wherein each generation is derived from the preceding in a specific way, a precise deterministic fashion or a looser probabilistic fashion.

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  1. Center for Bioengineering WD-12, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA

    James B. Bassingthwaighte M.D., Ph.D, Richard B. King M.S., John E. Sambrook M.S. & Brett van Steenwyk B.S.

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  1. Nishimaruyama Hospital, Sapporo, Japan

    Masaji Mochizuki

  2. The University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA

    Carl R. Honig

  3. Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

    Tomiyasu Koyama

  4. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Thomas K. Goldstick

  5. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, USA

    Duane F. Bruley

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Bassingthwaighte, J.B., King, R.B., Sambrook, J.E., van Steenwyk, B. (1988). Fractal Analysis of Blood-Tissue Exchange Kinetics. In: Mochizuki, M., Honig, C.R., Koyama, T., Goldstick, T.K., Bruley, D.F. (eds) Oxygen Transport to Tissue X. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 222. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9510-6_2

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