Methods for Measuring Brain Morphologic Features on Magnetic Resonance Images: Validation and Normal Aging

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 27-32

  Jernigan, Terry L ^a   Press, Gary A ^b   Hesselink, John R ^b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025191443     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1990.00530010035015     Document Type: Article

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