• DocumentCode
    1083946
  • Title

    Lightning and the heart: fractal behavior in cardiac function

  • Author

    Bassingthwaighte, James B. ; Van Beek, J.H.G.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Bioeng., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA
  • Volume
    76
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    6/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    693
  • Lastpage
    699
  • Abstract
    The basic concepts of fractals are briefly reviewed and are then shown to apply cardiac functions. It is demonstrated that some of the same principles govern both lightning discharge and cardiac flow; fractal expressions are provided for each. Fractal behavior in other biological phenomena, including transport (practical kinetics), population growth cycles, and turbulence, is touched on
  • Keywords
    cardiology; fractals; biological phenomena; cardiac function; fractal behavior; lightning discharge; population growth cycles; transport; turbulence; Biomembranes; Cells (biology); Chaos; Clustering algorithms; Fibrillation; Fractals; Heart; Length measurement; Lightning; Systems biology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/5.4458
  • Filename
    4458
    • Link To Document
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