Generalized mutual information fMRI analysis: A study of the Tsallis q parameter

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 344, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 705-711

  Tedeschi, W ^a   Muller H P ^b   De Araujo, D B ^a   Santos, A C ^a   Neves, U P C ^a   Erne S N ^b   Baffa, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

fMRI; Mutual information; Tsallis entropy

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BLOOD OXYGEN LEVEL DEPENDENT (BOLD); FMRI; MUTUAL INFORMATION; TSALLIS ENTROPY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 6344280350     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.06.052     Document Type: Article

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