title: The fractal analysis of subdural haematoma.
abstract: The fractal analysis of vessel structure in the capsule of subdural haematoma has been performed. Examined material comprised 100 normal cases and 30 with long-lasting subdural haematoma. Pickworth's method and computer image processing under lmtron, Scion for Windows 98 were applied. The parallel vessels with fork-like branching were found in the subdural haematoma capsule. The essential result of the fractal analysis was that there was no difference in one-sided dimensions of subdural haematomas in contrast to differentiated one-sided dimensions of normal vessels. This finding may explain the continuous growth of subdural haematoma. The applied method allows observation of the microangioarchitecture in the capsule of subdural haematoma.
authors.affiliation: Normal Anatomy Department, Medical Academy, Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kedzia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rybaczuk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dymecki
mesh_terms: D017709:Fractals; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted