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Is Fractal Geometry Useful in Medicine and Biomedical Sciences?
Heymans, O.; Fissette, Jean; Vico, P. et al.
2000In Medical Hypotheses, 54 (3), p. 360-6
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Keywords :
Diagnostic Imaging; Fractals; Humans; Mathematics
Abstract :
[en] Fractal geometry has become very useful in the understanding of many phenomena in various fields such as astrophysics, economy or agriculture and recently in medicine. After a brief intuitive introduction to the basis of fractal geometry, the clue is made about the correlation between Df and the complexity or the irregularity of a structure. However, fractal analysis must be applied with certain caution in natural objects such as bio-medical ones. The cardio-vascular system remains one of the most important fields of application of these kinds of approach. Spectral analysis of the R-R interval, morphology of the distal coronary arteries constitute two examples. Other very interesting applications are founded in bacteriology, medical imaging or ophthalmology. In our institution, we apply fractal analysis in order to quantitate angiogenesis and other vascular processes.
Disciplines :
Biotechnology
Author, co-author :
Heymans, O.
Fissette, Jean ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Services généraux (Faculté de médecine) > Relations académiques et scientifiques (Médecine)
Vico, P.
Blacher, Silvia ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Labo de biologie des tumeurs et du développement
Masset, D.
Brouers, François ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Services généraux (Faculté des sciences appliquées) > Relations académiques et scientifiques (Sciences appliquées)
Language :
English
Title :
Is Fractal Geometry Useful in Medicine and Biomedical Sciences?
Publication date :
March 2000
Journal title :
Medical Hypotheses
ISSN :
0306-9877
eISSN :
1532-2777
Publisher :
Elsevier, New York, United States - New York
Volume :
54
Issue :
3
Pages :
360-6
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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