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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2019 Jul 15;219:119363. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.119363

Fig. 2. A healthy dose of chaos.

Fig. 2.

Different physiological systems and the phenomena that occur when the fractal dimension characterizing the system becomes too low or too high. (A) Cell outline of microglia in different brain regions following experimental diffuse brain injury [reproduced with permission from4]. (B) MRI images of grade III and grade IV gliomas [reproduced with permission from5]. (C) Images of silicone rubber casts of normal and asthmatic lungs [reproduced with permission from6]. (D) Computed tomography images of normal and idiopathic pulmonary fibrotic lungs [reproduced with permission from7]. (E) Skin lesions that are benign or cancerous [reproduced with permission from8]. (F) Collagen staining of unwounded or scarred dermis [reproduced with permission from9]. (G) Sparser maternal retinal vasculature was associated with reduced fetal growth during pregnancy [reproduced with permission from10]. (H) Fundus camera images of the retina and skeletonized traces of the retinal vasculature in normal and chronic kidney disease eyes [reproduced with permission from11].