Tissue segmentation of the brain in Alzheimer disease

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 115-123

  Tanabe, Jody L ^a   Amend, Diane ^a   Schuff, Norbert ^a   Disclafani, Victoria ^a   Ezekiel, Frank ^a   Norman, David ^a   Fein, George ^a   Weiner, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age and aging; Brain, measurements; Dementia; Magnetic resonance, tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0031014273     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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