Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 442-460 , September 2009

Dialectical multispectral classification of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images as an alternative to apparent diffusion coefficients maps to perform anatomical analysis

  • W.P. Santos

      Affiliations

    • Universidade de Pernambuco, Escola Politécnica de Pernambuco, Madalena, Recife, PE, 50720-001, Brazil
    • Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica, Bodocongó, Campina Grande, PB, 58109-970, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Universidade de Pernambuco, Escola Politécnica de Pernambuco, Rua Benfica, 88, Madalena, Recife, PE, 50720-001, Brazil. Tel.: +55 81 3462 5813.
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  • F.M. Assis

      Affiliations

    • Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica, Bodocongó, Campina Grande, PB, 58109-970, Brazil
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  • R.E. Souza

      Affiliations

    • Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Física, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, 50670-901, Brazil
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  • P.B. Santos Filho

      Affiliations

    • North Carolina State University, Department of Physics, Raleigh, NC, USA
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  • F.B. Lima Neto

      Affiliations

    • Universidade de Pernambuco, Escola Politécnica de Pernambuco, Madalena, Recife, PE, 50720-001, Brazil

Received 17 August 2008 ,Accepted 7 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2009.04.004

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 442-460 , September 2009

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