Image contrast and hippocampal volumetric measurements

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-17

  Wieshmann, U C ^a,c   Free, S L ^a,c   Stevens, J M ^b   Shorvon, S D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c MRI Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Measurements; Volumetric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUMETRY;

HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0031982949     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(97)00220-8     Document Type: Article

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