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GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC INVESTIGATION
卷 63, 期 4, 页码 229-233出版社
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000098198
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placenta, maternal surface; placental morphology; gestational age; fractals; fractal analysis; fractal dimension
Aims: The objective of this study was to determine whether the maternal surface of the placenta is fractal, and whether the mean fractal dimension differs according to the gestational age and clinically or pathologically different conditions. Methods: Using digitized images of the maternal surface of 75 placentas, fractal dimensions were measured with a fractal analysis software. Results: The mean fractal dimension of the maternal surface of the placentas significantly exceeded the topological dimension of a surface (= 2). This means that the morphological pattern of the maternal surface fulfills the mathematical definition of fractal structures. Among the three different groups of gestational age, the mean fractal dimension in 22-29 weeks was significantly lower than that in 30-36 and 37-41 weeks ( p = 0.022 and 0.014, respectively). Although not significantly different ( p = 0.149), in 30- 6 weeks the mean fractal dimension of the placentas complicated by pregnancy-induced hypertension ( PIH) was greater than that without PIH. Conclusion: Fractal geometry, a vocabulary of irregular shapes, can be useful for describing quantitatively the architecture of the maternal surface of the placenta and become a useful tool for analyzing physiological and pathological placental formation mathematically. Copyright (c) 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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