1. Figure 4 Cardiology is replete with examples of fractal structures
Figure 4 | Cardiology is replete with examples of fractal structures. a | The coronary arterial tree is an example of a space-filling fractal network. The fractal branching of the coronary vasculature of a mouse heart at embryonic day 18.5 is shown here as a 3D composite image derived by high-resolution episcopic microscopy. Image reprinted courtesy of NIMR, MRC/Wellcome Images [B ]. b | Fractal patterning is seen in this confocal micrograph of cardiac muscle stained for mitochondria. Image reprinted courtesy of NIMR, MRC/Wellcome Images [B ]. c | Aspirin, the most iconic cardiovascular drug has a beautiful crystalline structure of fractal complexity. Image reprinted courtesy of Annie Cavanagh/Wellcome Images [B ].
Image reprinted courtesy of Annie Cavanagh/Wellcome Images [B ]
Captur, G. et al. (2016) The fractal heart — embracing mathematics in the cardiology clinic
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