Temporal lobe volume measurement from MR images: Accuracy and left-right asymmetry in normal persons

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 21-29

  Jack, Clifford R ^a   Gehring, Dale G ^a   Sharbrough, Frank W ^a   Felmlee, Joel P ^a   Forbes, Glenn ^a   Hench, Victoria S ^a   Zinsmeister, Alan R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, atrophy; Magnetic resonance imaging, techniques; Volume determination

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ASYMMETRY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SOFTWARE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0023848787     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-198801000-00003     Document Type: Article

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