A three-dimensional fractal analysis method for quantifying white matter structure in human brain

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 242-253

  Zhang, Luduan ^a,b   Liu, Jing Z ^a,c   Dean, David ^b,c   Sahgal, Vinod ^a   Yue, Guang H ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Box counting dimension; Brain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Skeleton; White matter

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; FRACTALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 31344457245     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2005.06.021     Document Type: Article

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