An article that uses tortuosity as a shape characteristic has appeared in 2024 in BMC Medical Imaging. Its full text can be dowloaded here. Its abstract follows.
Abstract. In this study, we propose a novel method for quantifying tortuosity in 3D voxelized objects. As a shape characteristic, tortuosity has been widely recognized as a valuable feature in image analysis, particularly in the field of medical imaging. Our proposed method extends the two‑dimensional approach of the Slope Chain Code (SCC) which creates a one‑dimensional representation of curves. The utility of 3D tortuosity (τ3D ) as a shape descriptor was investigated by characterizing brain structures. The results of the τ3D computation on the central sulcus and the main lobes revealed significant differences between Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients and control subjects, suggesting its potential as a biomarker for AD. We found a p < 0.05 for the left central sulcus and the four brain lobes.
Keywords. 3D tortuosity, Brain morphology, Alzheimer’s disease, Discrete tortuosity.
Authors: María Julieta Mateos, Ernesto Bribiesca, Adolfo Guzmán-Arenas, Wendy Aguilar, Jorge A. Márquez-Flores.
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