Abstract
A variety of pathological changes have been described in the brains of chronic alcoholic patients. Imageprocessing using the fractal dimension (D) as a feature parameter provides a robust method to characterise andcompare the dendritic arborisation of cells of the superior frontal gyrus (Brodmann Area 8) and motor cortex(Brodmann Area 4) from controls and patients with alcoholism. Cells from BA8 in the control group weresignificantly different (D = 1.29) compared to cells from BA4 (D = 1.25) (n = 56; p = 0.003). D from alcoholictissue in BA8 was significantly lower compared to control (1.25 and 1.29; n = 51; p = 0.001). This was noted forBA4 as well (1.23 and 1.25; n = 54 p = 0.02). Fractal analysis distinguished between cells in BA8 and BA4 andidentified a difference in susceptibility to alcohol between the cells in these areas, BA8 showing a greaterdifference between control and cells of alcoholics for D compared to BA4.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | IVCNZ07 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Image and Vision Computing |
| Editors | Cree Michael |
| Place of Publication | Hamilton, New Zealand |
| Publisher | University of Waikato Press |
| Pages | 87-90 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780473130084 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
| Event | Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ) International Conference - University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand Duration: 05 Dec 2007 → 07 Dec 2007 https://digital.liby.waikato.ac.nz/conferences/ivcnz07/ivcnz07-proceedings.pdf (conference proceedings) |
Conference
| Conference | Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ) International Conference |
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| Country/Territory | New Zealand |
| City | Hamilton |
| Period | 05/12/07 → 07/12/07 |
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