A new semiautomated, three-dimensional technique allowing precise quantification of total and regional cerebellar volume using MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 143-151

  Luft, Andreas R ^a   Skalej, Martin ^a   Welte, Dorothea ^a   Kolb, Rupert ^a   Bürk, Katrin ^a   Schulz, Jörg B ^a   Klockgether, Thomas ^a   Voigt, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Cerebellum; Gender; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS;

ADJUSTED PLANES; AGE EFFECTS; CEREBELLUM; GENDER; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; PRE-SEGMENTATION; REGION GROWING; VOLUMETRY;

BRAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0031841672     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910400119     Document Type: Article

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