ФРАКТАЛЬНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ ГЕОМЕТРИИ ПОВЕРХНОСТНОГО АРТЕРИАЛЬНОГО РУСЛА БОЛЬШИХ ПОЛУШАРИЙ ГОЛОВНОГО МОЗГА

The increasing frequency of vascular pathology throughout the world makes us look for new methods for its early diagnosis, including at the preclinical stage. Fractal analysis is an example of an objective method for assessing the adequacy of blood supply to a particular organ, which means that it can serve as a marker of morphofunctional deviations from the arterial bed, including the brain. An important issue for further research is the study of normal indicators of the fractal index of various departments of the superficial arterial bed of the cerebral hemispheres in males and females, which could serve as a standard and be used to assess the adequacy of blood supply to a particular area of the convexital surface of the hemispheres.The purpose of the study was to compare the quantitative characteristics of the superficial arterial network of the convexital surface of the cerebral hemispheres by fractal analysis in males and females.Material and methods. In accordance with the aim of the work, the superficial arterial bed of the upper lateral surface of the frontal, parietal, occipital and temporal lobe of 24 people of both sexes was studied, of which 12 were men and 12 were women. To calculate the fractal index, the box counting method was used. Statistical processing of the results was performed using a licensed computer program MedStat.Results. During statistical processing of the obtained results, no significant differences were found between the values of the fractal index characterizing the superficial arterial bed of the frontal, parietal, occipital and temporal lobes in men and women, which means that one reference value of the fractal index can be used in people of both sexes.Conclusion. Modern medical science requires the use of new progressive research methods. Moreover, to obtain objective results, it is rational to use methods that allow to obtain quantitative characteristics. One such method is fractal analysis.