Table 4.
Fractal dimension, D predicted from flow dispersion and from spatial autocorrelation analyses in a 400 vessel reconstructed coronary tree before and after diameter reassignment.
| Author | Type of study | Fractal dimension, D | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Original reconst. | Diameter reassign. | ||
| Present work | Dispersion analysis | 1.62 | 1.44 |
| Spatial autocorrelation | 1.68 | 1.31 | |
| Karch et al., 2003 | Model 1 | 1.45 | |
| Model 2 | 1.69 | ||
| Van Bavel and Spaan, 1992 | Model | 1.23 | |
| Beard and Bassingthwaighte, 2000 | Model | 1.24 | |
| Matsumoto et al., 1999; Matsumoto and Kajiya, 2001 | Data | 1.24 | |
| Mori et al., 1995 | Data | 1.25 | |
| Bassingthwaighte et al., 1989 | Data | 1.18–1.28 | |
| Kleen et al., 1997 | Data | 1.39 | |
| Iversen and Nicolaysen, 1995 | Data | 1.37 | |
Comparison is listed with data and with other models which estimated D in artificially generated trees that were not based on morphometric measurements.