Simple fractal method of assessment of histological images for application in medical diagnostics
Open Access
- 6 December 2010
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nonlinear Biomedical Physics
- Vol. 4 (1) , 7
Abstract
We propose new method of assessment of histological images for medical diagnostics. 2-D image is preprocessed to form 1-D landscapes or 1-D signature of the image contour and then their complexity is analyzed using Higuchi's fractal dimension method. The method may have broad medical application, from choosing implant materials to differentiation between benign masses and malignant breast tumors.Keywords
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