Fractal analysis of sagittal suture morphology

摘要: Quantifying shape is a broad problem in the morphological sciences. Most techniques for numerically describing abstract into most logical ideal Euclidean dimension. The fractional, or fractal, dimension simple computation that expresses real, rather than ideal, space. structured walk technique developed fractal analysis of rugged boundaries applied here to contour human sagittal suture order discriminate separate patterns interfingering and interlocking. These attributes contribute differentially suture's "complexity," concept often used biomechanical hypotheses. Previous estimating sutural complexity do not isolate small-scale from large-scale patterns. Results indicate despite visual appearance great variation, sutures are remarkably consistent degree expressed separately by lateral excursions interlocking ruggedness. There no significant correlation between absolute bregma-lambda chord length its as determined technique.