Normal brain volume measurements using multispectral MRI segmentation

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-97

  Vaidyanathan, M ^a   Clarke, Laurence P ^a,c   Heidtman, C ^a   Velthuizen, R P ^a   Hall, L O ^b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of South Florida   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Image segmentation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pattern recognition; Volumetric analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0030951503     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(96)00244-5     Document Type: Article

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