A healthy dose of chaos: Using fractal frameworks for engineering higher-fidelity biomedical systems

A Korolj, HT Wu, M Radisic - Biomaterials, 2019 - Elsevier
Optimal levels of chaos and fractality are distinctly associated with physiological health and
function in natural systems. Chaos is a type of nonlinear dynamics that tends to exhibit …

Cortical complexity estimation using fractal dimension: A systematic review of the literature on clinical and nonclinical samples

V Meregalli, F Alberti, CR Madan… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fractal geometry has recently been proposed as a useful tool for characterizing the
complexity of the brain cortex, which is likely to derive from the recurrence of sulci–gyri …

A complex systems perspective on neuroimaging studies of behavior and its disorders

FE Turkheimer, FE Rosas, O Dipasquale… - The …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The study of complex systems deals with emergent behavior that arises as a result of
nonlinear spatiotemporal interactions between a large number of components both within …

Common and distinct structural features of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: The European Network on Psychosis, Affective disorders and Cognitive Trajectory …

E Maggioni, B Crespo-Facorro, I Nenadic, F Benedetti… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Although schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) share elements of
pathology, their neural underpinnings are still under investigation. Here, structural Magnetic …

[HTML][HTML] Increased scale-free dynamics in salience network in adult high-functioning autism

S Damiani, A Scalabrini, J Gomez-Pilar, N Brondino… - Neuroimage …, 2019 - Elsevier
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is clinically characterized by extremely slow and inflexible
behavior. The neuronal mechanisms of these symptoms remain unclear though. Using fMRI …

Cortical complexity in anorexia nervosa: a fractal dimension analysis

E Collantoni, CR Madan, P Meneguzzo… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fractal Dimension (FD) has shown to be a promising means to describe the morphology of
cortical structures across different neurologic and psychiatric conditions, displaying a good …

The impact of psychosis on brain anatomy in bipolar disorder: a structural MRI study

AC Altamura, E Maggioni, T Dhanoa… - Journal of affective …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Bipolar disorder (BD) is a major psychiatric illness characterized by
heterogeneous symptoms including psychotic features. Up until now, neuroimaging studies …

The art of pain: A quantitative color analysis of the self-portraits of Frida Kahlo

FE Turkheimer, J Liu, ED Fagerholm… - Frontiers in Human …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) was a Mexican artist who is remembered for her self-portraits, pain
and passion, and bold, vibrant colors. This work aims to use her life story and her artistic …

Gray matter bases of psychotic features in adult bipolar disorder: A systematic review and voxel‐based meta‐analysis of neuroimaging studies

X Wang, F Tian, S Wang, B Cheng, L Qiu… - Human brain …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Psychotic bipolar disorder (P‐BD) is a specific subset that presents greater risk of relapse
and worse outcomes than nonpsychotic bipolar disorder (NP‐BD). To explore the …

Fractal Dimension Image Processing for Feature Extraction and Morphological Analysis: Gd3+/13X/DOX/FA MRI Nanocomposite

S Ghaderi - Journal of Nanomaterials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
One of the most fundamental subjects in nanoscience and nanotechnology is structural
analysis. We employed a scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the manufactured …