Research Article

K-Optimal Gradient Encoding Scheme for Fourth-Order Tensor-Based Diffusion Profile Imaging

Table 5

Comparison of the proposed -optimal GES with some existing methods in terms of signal deviation ().

Tensor -optimal DISCOBALL Jones MCN Wong

Mean0.0490 0.0553 0.0552 0.0525 0.0527
0.0010 0.0009 0.0009 0.0012 0.0011
Mean0.1410 0.2083 0.2155 0.1524 0.1769
0.0457 0.0311 0.0310 0.0341 0.0281
Mean0.0557 0.0648 0.0648 0.0598 0.0607
0.0033 0.0015 0.0017 0.0029 0.0026
Mean0.0481 0.0541 0.0538 0.0512 0.0515
0.0016 0.0009 0.0009 0.0015 0.0010
Mean0.0491 0.0555 0.0553 0.0525 0.0527
0.0016 0.0009 0.0010 0.0017 0.0012
Mean0.0507 0.0579 0.0577 0.0544 0.0546
0.0018 0.0011 0.0011 0.0020 0.0015
Mean0.0599 0.0723 0.0725 0.0651 0.0663
0.0032 0.0020 0.0022 0.0031 0.0029
Mean0.0546 0.0642 0.0639 0.0594 0.0597
0.0016 0.0011 0.0012 0.0021 0.0015
Mean0.0796 0.1096 0.1081 0.0879 0.0930
0.0122 0.0102 0.0091 0.0109 0.0083
Mean0.0440 0.0476 0.0474 0.0461 0.0466
0.0008 0.0007 0.0007 0.0008 0.0007