The measure of diffusion skewness and kurtosis in magnetic resonance imaging

Pacific Journal of Optimization

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 391-404

  Zhang, Xinzhen ^a   Ling, Chen ^b   Qi, Liqun ^a   Wu, Ed Xuekui ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HANGZHOU DIANZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Eigenvalues; Generalized diffusion tensor imaging; Kurtosis; Signal processing; Skewness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951499925     PISSN: 13489151     EISSN: 13498169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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