Publication: The arterial pattern and fractal dimension of the dog kidney
Authors
Gil-García, J. ; Gimeno-Domínguez, M. ; Murillo-Ferrol, Narciso
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Murcia : F. Hernández
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Abstract
A method has been developed by which it is
possible to measure the fractal dimension of the arterial
tree of the kidney. The objective of this work is to
determine a method which permits us to discriminate
between the architectures of specific organs by reference
to a unique number, namely the fractal dimension of the
arterial tree of that organ. This method opens the
possibility of a new taxonomy for normal organs and for
the pathological injuries related to the vascular
morphology of those organs.
The method that we have devised uses as its input the
volume which is taken up by the arterial tree of the
kidney. In order to calculate this volume we first
obtained a plastic cast (the arteries were filled with
Araldite CY233 plastic resin after which the organic
tissues were corroded); thereafter we constructed a
theoretical arterial tree having the same volume as the
renal one. From this simplified tree, we were able to
calculate its fractal dimension.
The complete process of constmcting the theoretical
arterial tree and the subsequent calculation of its fractal
dimension was carried out automatically by way of a
computer programrne to which we have given the name
fractal program.
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