MRI volumetry of the hippocampus: The effect of slice thickness on volume formation

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 263-265

  Laakso, Mikko P ^b   Juottonen, Kirsi ^b   Partanen, Kaarina ^b   Vainio, Pauli ^b   Soininen, Hilkka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Methodology; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030901006     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(96)00390-6     Document Type: Article

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