The analysis of the histogram of the morphological tortuosities gives access to their statistical distribution.
Charles Peyrega, Dominique Jeulin 2013, 'ESTIMATION OF TORTUOSITY AND RECONSTRUCTION OF GEODESIC PATHS IN 3D', Image Analysis and Stereologyhttp://www.ias-iss.org/ojs/IAS/article/view/941. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The used algorithm estimates the morphological tortuosities from geodesic distance maps, which are obtained from geodesic propagations.
Charles Peyrega, Dominique Jeulin 2013, 'ESTIMATION OF TORTUOSITY AND RECONSTRUCTION OF GEODESIC PATHS IN 3D', Image Analysis and Stereologyhttp://www.ias-iss.org/ojs/IAS/article/view/941. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The results showed that tortuosities and bends of a stent-graft had the highest impact on thrombus formation.
Andrzej Polanczyk, Aleksandra Piechota-Polanczyk, Ludomir Stefańczyk 2017, 'A new approach for the pre-clinical optimization of a spatial configuration of bifurcatedendovascular prosthesis placed in abdominal aortic aneurysms', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0182717. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, relationships among those tortuosities remain unclear due to the lack of direct comparison on the same porous media.
H. Saomoto, J. Katagiri 2015, 'Direct comparison of hydraulic tortuosity and electric tortuosity based on finiteelement analysis', Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Lettershttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095034915000707. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The frequency of anatomic variations of radial artery was 8.8%, exclusive of tortuosities with a frequency of 12.7%.
Maja Strozzi, Kristina Marić-Bešić, Zvonimir Ostojić, Joško Bulum, Aleksander Ernst 2015, 'Frequency of Radial Artery Anatomic Variations in Patients Undergoing TransradialHeart Catheterization', Acta Clinica Croaticahttp://hrcak.srce.hr/file/208886. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The splenic artery shows numerous tortuosities.
Bhivate Varsha R, Suresh Roshan, Kharate Rahul P, Pandey Nivedita 2014, 'Study of diameter, length, tortuosity of splenic artery and its branches with itsclinical implications', Journal of Research in Medical and Dental Sciencehttps://www.jrmds.in/articles/study-of-diameter-length-tortuosity-of-splenic-artery-and-its-branches-with-its-clinical-implications.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)