Using three-dimensional fractal dimension to analyze the complexity of fetal cortical surface from magnetic resonance images

Nonlinear Dynamics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 745-752

  Wu, Yu Te ^a,b   Shyu, Kuo Kai ^c   Chen, Tzong Rong ^c,d   Guo, Wan Yuo ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Box counting method; Fetal cortical surface; Fractal dimension

Indexed keywords

BOX-COUNTING; BOX-COUNTING METHOD; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; CORTICAL SURFACES; DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES; MR IMAGES;

BRAIN; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; RESONANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 70450270955     PISSN: 0924090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11071-009-9515-y     Document Type: Article

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