The fractal approach as a tool to understand asymptomatic brain hyperintense MRI signals

Fractals

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-72

  Balestra, Costantino ^a,b,d   Marroni, Alessandro ^a   Farkas, Brigitte ^a,e   Peetrons, Philippe ^e   Vanderschueren, Frédéric ^a   Duboc, Emilie ^a,b,d   Snoeck, Thyl ^a,b,d   Germonpré, Peter ^a,c  

^a ISEPK   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d Haute Ecole Bruxelles Brabant   (Belgium)

^e UVC Brugmann   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Decompression; Diving; Fractal Analysis; Long Term Adverse Effects of Diving; MRI; PFO

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DECOMPRESSION; DIVING; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LONG TERM ADVERSE EFFECTS OF DIVING; PFO;

FRACTALS;

EID: 12844266606     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X0400232X     Document Type: Article

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