Three-dimensional fractal analysis of the white matter surface from magnetic resonance images of the human brain

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 830-836

  Free, S L ^a,c   Sisodiya, S M ^a   Cook, M J ^b   Fish, D R ^a   Shorvon, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; BRAIN; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0029853936     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/6.6.830     Document Type: Article

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