Brain atrophy progression measured from registered serial MRI: Validation and application to Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1069-1075

  Fox, Nick C ^a   Freeborough, Peter A ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Atrophy; Brain; Image registration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031397650     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880070620     Document Type: Article

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