[HTML][HTML] Fractal dimension of the brain in neurodegenerative disease and dementia: A systematic review

ET Ziukelis, E Mak, ME Dounavi, L Su… - Ageing research reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Sensitive and specific antemortem biomarkers of neurodegenerative disease and dementia
are crucial to the pursuit of effective treatments, required both to reliably identify disease and …

Fractals in the neurosciences, part II: clinical applications and future perspectives

A Di Ieva, FJ Esteban, F Grizzi… - The …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
It has been ascertained that the human brain is a complex system studied at multiple scales,
from neurons and microcircuits to macronetworks. The brain is characterized by a …

Cortical complexity as a measure of age-related brain atrophy

CR Madan, EA Kensinger - NeuroImage, 2016 - Elsevier
The structure of the human brain changes in a variety of ways as we age. While a sizeable
literature has examined age-related differences in cortical thickness, and to a lesser degree …

Local cortical surface complexity maps from spherical harmonic reconstructions

RA Yotter, I Nenadic, G Ziegler, PM Thompson… - NeuroImage, 2011 - Elsevier
Altered cortical surface complexity and gyrification differences may be a potentially sensitive
marker for several neurodevelopmental disorders. We propose to use spherical harmonic …

Fractal dimension analysis of the cortical ribbon in mild Alzheimer's disease

RD King, B Brown, M Hwang, T Jeon, AT George… - Neuroimage, 2010 - Elsevier
Fractal analysis methods are used to quantify the complexity of the human cerebral cortex.
Many recent studies have focused on high resolution three-dimensional reconstructions of …

Association of white matter hyperintensity markers on MRI and long-term risk of mortality and ischemic stroke: the SMART-MR study

R Ghaznawi, MI Geerlings, M Jaarsma-Coes… - Neurology, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To determine whether white matter hyperintensity (WMH) markers on MRI are
associated with long-term risk of mortality and ischemic stroke. Methods We included …

Cortical complexity estimation using fractal dimension: A systematic review of the literature on clinical and nonclinical samples

V Meregalli, F Alberti, CR Madan… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fractal geometry has recently been proposed as a useful tool for characterizing the
complexity of the brain cortex, which is likely to derive from the recurrence of sulci–gyri …

Toward a more reliable characterization of fractal properties of the cerebral cortex of healthy subjects during the lifespan

C Marzi, M Giannelli, C Tessa, M Mascalchi… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The cerebral cortex manifests an inherent structural complexity of folding. The fractal
geometry describes the complexity of structures which show self-similarity in a proper …

A novel combination of corneal confocal microscopy, clinical features and artificial intelligence for evaluation of ocular surface pain

G Kundu, R Shetty, S D'Souza, P Khamar… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Objectives To analyse various corneal nerve parameters using confocal microscopy along
with systemic and orthoptic parameters in patients presenting with ocular surface pain using …

Fractal-dimension analysis detects cerebral changes in preterm infants with and without intrauterine growth restriction

FJ Esteban, N Padilla, M Sanz-Cortés, JR de Miras… - Neuroimage, 2010 - Elsevier
In the search for a useful parameter to detect and quantify subtle brain abnormalities in
infants with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), we hypothesised that the analysis of the …