Sensitivity analysis of fractal dimensions of crack maps on concrete and masonry walls

A Rezaie, AJP Mauron, K Beyer - Automation in Construction, 2020 - Elsevier
Assessing building damage after earthquakes requires a visual inspection of the damage,
indicated by maps of the cracking pattern on walls, which could be standardized via …

Role of pore‐scale disorder in fluid displacement: Experiments and theoretical model

DS Wu, R Hu, T Lan, YF Chen - Water Resources Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The flow of multiple immiscible fluids in disordered porous media is important in many
natural processes and subsurface applications. The pore‐scale disorder affects the fluid …

Investigating multimodal diagnostic eye biomarkers of cognitive impairment by measuring vascular and neurogenic changes in the retina

D Cabrera DeBuc, GM Somfai, E Arthur… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Previous studies have demonstrated that cognitive impairment (CI) is not limited to the brain
but also affects the retina. In this pilot study, we investigated the correlation between the …

Multifractal-spectrum shape parameters for characterizing distribution and evolution of multiple cracks in concrete structures

L Pan, J Carrillo, M Cao, G Sha - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2022 - Elsevier
The evolution of cracks in reinforced concrete (RC) structures may trigger critical failure
modes of the entire structure. In order to adequately assess the damage in RC structures, it …

Age-related rarefaction in retinal vasculature is not linear

MZC Azemin, F Ab Hamid, A Aminuddin… - Experimental Eye …, 2013 - Elsevier
The fractal dimension is a global measure of complexity and is useful for quantifying
anatomical structures, including the retinal vascular network. A previous study found a linear …

Effect of electrical field on the stability of hydration products of cement paste in different liquid media

Z Fang, C Wang, H Hu, S Zhou, Y Luo - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrical fields accelerate the sulfate attack, which induces detrimental effects on the
durability of cement-based materials. However, the role of the electrical field and aggressive …

The use of fractal analysis and photometry to estimate the accuracy of bulbar redness grading scales

MM Schulze, N Hutchings… - … ophthalmology & visual …, 2008 - iovs.arvojournals.org
purpose. To use physical attributes of redness to determine the accuracy of four bulbar
redness grading scales, and to cross-calibrate the scales based on these physical …

Automated hyperemia analysis software: reliability and reproducibility in healthy subjects

T Yoneda, T Sumi, A Takahashi, Y Hoshikawa… - Japanese journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate the reliability and reproducibility of automated software to analyze
human bulbar hyperemia. Methods We enrolled 89 healthy volunteers in this study. A slit …

Box-counting method in python for fractal analysis of biomedical images

I Konatar, T Popovic, N Popovic - 2020 24th International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the implementation of a Python-based library with a purpose to
determine fractal dimension of biomedical images. The described method is based on the …

Investigating vascular complexity and neurogenic alterations in sectoral regions of the retina in patients with cognitive impairment

D Cabrera DeBuc, WJ Feuer, PJ Persad… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Evidence is accumulating that cognitive function, and visual impairment may be related. In
this pilot study, we investigated whether multifractal dimension and lacunarity analyses …