Fractional order generalization of anomalous diffusion as a multidimensional extension of the transmission line equation

IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 432-441

  Gadelkarim, Johnson J ^a   Magin, Richard L ^b   Meerschaert, Mark M ^c   Capuani, Silvia ^d   Palombo, Marco ^d   Kumar, Anand ^e   Leow, Alex D ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalous diffusion; Bloch Torrey equation; fractional calculus; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS DIFFUSION; BLOCH-TORREY EQUATION; CEREBRAL SPINAL FLUIDS; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MRI; FRACTIONAL CALCULUS; FRACTIONAL EXPONENT; PRINCIPAL DIRECTIONS; TRANSMISSION LINE EQUATIONS;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TISSUE;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 84884533346     PISSN: 21563357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JETCAS.2013.2265795     Document Type: Article

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