Intra- and interobserver variability of MRI-based volume measurements of the hippocampus and amygdala using the manual ray-tracing method

Neuroradiology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 558-566

  Achten, E ^a   Deblaere, K ^a   De Wagter, C ^a   Van Damme, F ^a   Boon, P ^a   De Reuck, J ^a   Kunnen, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Volume measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALA; ATROPHY; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031659746     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050644     Document Type: Article

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