Biomechanics of Cells and Tissues Experiments, Models and Simulations /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lecca, Paola (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, 9
• Subjects: Engineering.; Biotechnology.; Bioinformatics.; Mathematical analysis.; Analysis (Mathematics).; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomedical Engineering.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Computational Biology/Bioinformatics.; Analysis.

The application of methodological approaches and mathematical formalisms proper to Physics and Engineering to investigate and describe biological processes and design biological structures has led to the development of many disciplines in the context of computational biology and biotechnology. The b...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering: application to the case of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair, by C.P. Laurent
•  Process Modeling and Rendering of Biochemical Structures: Actin, by Ozan Kahramanogullari
•  A model predicting rolling cells percentage in inflamed brain venules, by Paola Lecca
•  Analysis and modeling of metabolism of cancer, by Miroslava Cuperlovic-Culf
•  Modelling the influence of cell signaling on the dynamics of gene regulatory networks, by Chiara Damiani
•  Mechanistic models of astrocytic glucose metabolism calibrated on PET images, by Paola Lecca
• Author Biographies
• Subject Index.