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The fractal box dimension on human eyeball movement—objective, biological marker of schizophrenia?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

Tomasz Kleszczewski  and
Wiesław Rutkiewicz
Tomasz Kleszczewski*
Affiliation:
Department of Biophysics, Medical University of Białystok, ul Mickiewicza 2 A, 15-230Białystok, Poland
Wiesław Rutkiewicz
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Hospital, Choroszcz, Poland
*
*Corresponding author. Tel.: +48-85-748-5667; fax: +48-85-746-8630. Email address: kleszczt@cksr.ac.bialystok.pl
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Abstract

The authors developed a method of measuring the fractal box dimension of the human eyeball movement.We found a fractal property in schizophrenic subjects (n = 20) and normal controls (n = 20). The value of the fractal box dimension for schizophrenic patients differs from the results obtained in the control group.

Keywords

Fractal box dimensionHuman eyeball movementSchizophrenia
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Rapid communication
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 19 , Issue 8 , December 2004 , pp. 514 - 515
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2004

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