Fractal dimensionality analysis of normal and cancerous mammary gland thermograms

Y.V. Dumansky, Y.E. Lyakh, O.G. Gorshkov, V.G. Gurianov and V.V. Prihodchenko

Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2012, vol. 45, issue 12, 1494-1500

Abstract: Thermography may enable early detection of a cancer tumour within a mammary gland at an early, treatable stage of the illness, but thermogram analysis methods must be developed to achieve this goal. This study analyses the feasibility of applying the Hurst exponent readings algorithm for evaluation of the high dimensionality fractals to reveal any possible difference between normal thermograms (NT) and malignant thermograms (MT). Thermograms were obtained using electronic contact thermography. Significant differences in the Hurst exponent readings for the MT and the NT were observed when comparing the following:

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2012.07.006

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