Abstract—We investigate the use of fractal analysis (FA) as the basis of a system for multiclass prediction of the progression of glaucoma. FA is applied to pseudo 2-D images converted from 1-D retinal nerve fiber layer data obtained from the eyes of normal subjects, and from subjects with progressive and nonprogressive glaucoma. FA features are obtained using a box-counting method and a mul…
Abstract The concept of brain and brain stem death developed from the observation of patients in apnoeic coma. Specific pre-conditions must be met before the diagnosis can be made through the clinical testing of brain stem function. Although the exact definition of brain death and some of the details for testing vary across the globe, the majority of tests carried out are similar. We define br…