title: Fractals in pathology: are they really useful?
abstract: Through several examples selected from functional and pathological cells and tissues, including surface, cytoplasmic and nuclear membranes one will focus on the application of the fractal approach to measuring irregular and complex structures, on the importance of evaluating real morphology and on its potential role in understanding of tumor biology.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Patologia Cellulare, Istituto Cantonale di Patologia, Locarno, Switzerland.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Losa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017709:Fractals; D006801:Humans; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods*; D010336:Pathology / Q000379:methods*