Intracranial compartment volumes in patients with enlarged ventricles assessed by magnetic resonance-based image processing

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 972-981

  Matsumae, Mitsunori ^b   Kikinis, Ron ^b   Mórocz, István ^b   Lorenzo, Antonio V ^b   Albert, Marilyn S ^b   Black, Peter McL ^b   Jolesz, Ferenc A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

brain; cerebrospinal fluid volume; computerized image processing; gray and white matter volume; hydrocephalus; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0029941648     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.6.0972     Document Type: Article

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