Extreme diffusion values for non-Gaussian diffusions

Optimization Methods and Software

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 703-716

  Han, Deren ^a   Qi, Liqun ^b   Wu, X ^c  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Diffusion kurtosis tensors; Extreme diffusion directions; Extreme diffusion values

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUMERICAL METHODS; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRELLIS CODES;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; DIFFUSION KURTOSIS TENSORS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXTREME DIFFUSION DIRECTIONS; EXTREME DIFFUSION VALUES; EXTREME VALUES; NON-GAUSSIAN; PRAGUE , CZECH REPUBLIC; SECOND ORDERS;

TENSORS;

EID: 52149118436     PISSN: 10556788     EISSN: 10294937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10556780802367171     Document Type: Conference Paper

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