Optimized quantification of diffusional non-gaussianity in the human brain

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1434-1444

  Kristoffersen, Anders ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

cumulant expansion; goodness of fit; multiexponential diffusion; non Gaussian diffusion; Pad approximant; white matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CUMULANT EXPANSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NON GAUSSIAN DIFFUSION MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PADE EXPONENT MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRETCHED EXPONENTIAL MODEL; WHITE MATTER;

CUMULANT EXPANSION; GOODNESS OF FIT; MULTIEXPONENTIAL DIFFUSION; NON-GAUSSIAN DIFFUSION; PADÉ APPROXIMANT; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84890055697     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24102     Document Type: Article

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