A measure of the the trajectory deviation of the curve from a straight line.
there There are many different wyas ways to quantify Tortuosity.
The simplest method to quantify:
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being as:
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\tau = \frac{L}{SL} |
where
| path length along the trajectory | ||||
| straight-line distance between the end points of the trajectory |
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