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7.5 Differential (3D) Box-counting Dimension -- 7.6 Spectral Fractal Dimension -- 7.7 Higuchi's Fractal Dimension -- 7.8 Summary -- References -- 8: Fractal Dimension of Retinal Vasculature -- Abstract -- 8.1 Introduction to Human Eye Anatomy -- 8.2 Eye Fundus Retinopathy-Disease Manifestation in Retina -- 8.3 FD and Age Related Changes of Retinal Vasculature -- 8.4 FD and Hypertensive Retinopathy -- 8.5 FD and Risk of Stroke Event -- 8.6 FD and Diabetic Retinopathy -- 8.7 Summary -- References -- 9: Fractal Dimension of Mammograms -- Abstract -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Mammography and Properties of Breast Tissue -- 9.3 Fractal Irregularities of Breast Tissues -- 9.4 Fractal Based Detection of Breast Cancer and the Tumor Types -- 9.5 Summary -- References -- 10: Fractal Dimension of Skin Lesions -- Abstract -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Fundamentals of Skin -- 10.2.1 Epidermis -- 10.2.2 Dermis -- 10.2.3 Hypodermis layer -- 10.3 Skin Lesions and Abnormalities -- 10.3.1 Benign abnormalities of skin -- 10.3.2 Malignant lesions-skin cancer -- Basal cell skin cancer -- Squamous skin cancer -- Melanoma -- 10.4 Skin Cancer and Associated Changes to FD -- 10.5 FD of the Ageing Skin -- 10.6 Summary -- References -- 11: Case study I: Age Associated Change of Complexity -- Abstract -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Physiological Basis -- 11.3 Ageing Muscles and Fractal Properties -- 11.3.1 Materials -- 11.3.2 Methods -- 11.3.3 Results and discussion -- 11.4 Ageing Heart and Changes to ECG -- 11.4.1 Materials -- 11.4.2 Methods -- 11.4.3 Results and discussion -- 11.5 Ageing Eyes and FD of Eye-fundus Images -- 11.5.1 Materials -- 11.5.2 Methods -- 11.5.3 Results -- 11.5.4 Discussion -- 11.6 Summary -- References -- 12: Case Study 2: Health, Well-being and Fractal Properties -- Abstract -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Risk of Stroke and Retinal Fractal -- 12.2.1 Materials