The 3-D fractal analysis of electrical trees using a serial sectioning method and a CT method

In order to reconstruct the 3D patterns of real electrical trees, we investigated the applicability of computerized tomography method (CTM) and the serial sectioning method (SSM). We also investigated the relationship between the fractal dimension of the reconstructed 3D patterns and that of projected 2D patterns of real electrical trees, from the point of view of fractal dimension. It was pointed out that it is important to estimate the fractal dimension of spatial patterns precisely and 3-dimensionally.