Reliability of visual inspection for detection of volumetric hippocampal asymmetry

Neuroradiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-225

  Reutens, D C ^a   Stevens, J M ^b   Kingsley, D ^a   Kendall, B ^a   Moseley, I ^a   Cook, M J ^a   Free, S ^b   Fish, D R ^a   Shorvon, S D ^a  

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

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Temporal lobe; Volumetric analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0029875515     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00596533     Document Type: Article

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