Fractal geometric analysis of lung cancer angiogenic patterns.
For medical images, the fractal dimension D may be used as an index of irregularity. The angiogenesis patterns of lung cancer were analysed by means of the perimeter-area and box counting algorithms. The fractal nature of all images in the sense of the perimeter-area method and of 68% images in the sense of the box-counting method suggest the possibility to use the fractal dimension as a new non-morphometric parameter evaluating angiogenic processes in neoplasms.
Oczeretko
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Institute of Computer Science, University of Bialystok, Poland. edoczer@alpha.uwb.edu.pl
Juczewska
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Kasacka
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D017709:Fractals; D006801:Humans; D019044:Image Cytometry / Q000379:methods*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000473:pathology*