Wang Juan
Department of medical imaging, School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226000, China
Zhang Yan-man
Department of medical imaging, School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226000, China
Jiang Wen
Department of medical imaging, School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226000, China
Wu Xian-Hua
Department of Radiology, Affiliated hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226000, China
Tang Le-min
Department of medical imaging, School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226000, China
ABSTRACT
In order to investigate the relationship between neurite growth of Dorsal Root Ganglions (DRGs) in neonatal rat and different concentration of Never Regeneration Factor (NRF) cultured, We applied Triangular Prism Method (TPM) to calculate the fractal dimension of neurite outgrowth of rat DRGs which were obtained after DRGs were treated with different concentrations of NRF. Our results showed that fractal dimension of neurite outgrowth of rat DRGs changed with the amount and length of neurite positively, therefore, it can be used as an important index for quantitative measurement of the neurite growth of rat DRGs cultured by NRF.
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Wang Juan, Zhang Yan-man, Jiang Wen, Wu Xian-Hua and Tang Le-min, 2013. Based on the Triangular Prism Method for Computing Fractal Dimension: An
Index of Nerve Regeneration Factor Promotes Growth of Dorsal Root Ganglions in
Neonatal Rat. Information Technology Journal, 12: 4487-4492.
DOI: 10.3923/itj.2013.4487.4492
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=itj.2013.4487.4492
DOI: 10.3923/itj.2013.4487.4492
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=itj.2013.4487.4492
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