Shape of the human corpus callosum in childhood: Elliptic Fourier analysis on midsagittal magnetic resonance scans

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-5

  Ferrario, Virgilio F ^a,c   Sforza, Chiarella ^a   Serrao, Graziano ^a   Frattini, Tiziano ^b   Del Favero, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Anatomia Umana Normale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Fourier series; magnetic resonance; morphometry; shape analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030066482     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199601000-00001     Document Type: Article

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