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The Computer Leucocyte
Author(s) -
Brodin H.,
Håkansson C.H.,
Norberg A.,
Norberg B.,
Westrup C.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1600-0609
pISSN - 0036-553X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1981.tb01363.x
Subject(s) - path (computing) , random walk , field (mathematics) , distribution (mathematics) , computer science , mathematics , statistics , mathematical analysis , computer network , pure mathematics
In vital preparations moving polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNs) disappear from the visual field. The present study provides evidence by means of geometrical analysis and computer simulation, that this disappearance is due to a heterogeneous distribution of the PMNs at the beginning of observation. The path of random‐moving computer leucocytes is more tortuous than the path of comparable vital PMNs without obvious attractant, i.e. vital PMNs supposed to be random‐moving. This finding is in agreement with the Allan‐Wilkinson observation of ‘persistent random walk’ of vital cells.