Authors: McLachlan, C.S.¹; Jelinek, H.F.²; Kummerfeld, S.K.³; Rummery, N.¹; McLachlan, P.D.¹; Jusuf, P.¹; Driussi, C.⁴; Yin, J.⁴

Source: Redox Report, Volume 5, Numbers 2-3, April 2000 , pp. 119-121(3)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

Abstract:

This study describes the use of a shareware software package available from the National Institutes of Health for computing the fractal dimension. Specifically, when fractal analysis is used in its correct context it provides for a quantitative description of the space filling properties of two-dimensional objects. A rabbit model of post myocardial infarction is described where the cross-sectional infarct edge is reconstructed and its jaggedness determined by calculating its fractal dimension via the pixel dilation method. The fractal dimensions of the anterior and posterior lateral infarct edges were calculated to have a mean of 1.16 and 1.29, respectively. In conclusion, the fractal technique can be used to describe the complex jaggedness of the infarct edge. This case study also illustrates the fact that the complexity of an infarcted area is not uniform across the scar. For example, we found that the space filling properties of the anterior and posterior borders of a myocardial infarct can differ by more than 2-fold.

Document Type: Miscellaneous

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/135100000101535401

Affiliations: 1: Department of Cardiology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2: School of Community Health, Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, Australia 3: Department of Computer Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 4: Department of Pathology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Publication date: 2000-04-01

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