Parametric and non-parametric statistical analysis of DT-MRI data

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-14

  Pajevic, Sinisa ^a   Basser, Peter J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Diffusion; Distribution; MR; MRI; Multivariate; Normal; Tensor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TENSORS;

DIFFUSION TENSORS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 0041702764     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-7807(02)00178-7     Document Type: Article

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