Noura Dawass

2 26 S HAPE E FFECTS Table 2.1 Subvolume shapes considered in this work. L is the characteristic linear dimension of the shape and L max is the largest possible distance between two points inside the subvolume. A cube and sphere are included as special cases of cuboid and spheroid with aspect ratio a = 1. Shape of the subvolume L max Line (1 D ) L L Circle (2 D ) L L = 2 ∗ R Square (2 D ) L p 2 L Spheroid (3 D ) a . L L ( L ∗ a a Ê 1 L a < 1 Cuboid (3 D ) L L a . L L p 2 + a 2