Implementation and validation of a fully automatic system for intra- and interindividual registration of PET brain scans

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 136-144

  Andersson, Jesper L R ^a   Thurfjell, Lennart ^b,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Centre for Image Analysis   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atlas and atlases; Brain, anatomy; Emission computed tomography; Emission computed tomography, physics; Image registration

Indexed keywords

ATLAS AND ATLAS; AUTOMATIC METHOD; AUTOMATIC SYSTEMS; BRAIN ANATOMY; BRAIN SCAN; COORDINATE SPACE; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, PHYSIC; IMAGES REGISTRATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0031027875     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199701000-00027     Document Type: Article

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