Intracranial cavity volume can be accurately estimated from the weights of intracranial contents: Confirmation by the dental plaster casting method

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 341-344

  Yamada, Shigco ^a   Esaki, Y ^b   Mizutani, T ^c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain atrophy; Brain swelling; Brain volume; Cerebrospinal fluid; Dental plaster casting method; Intracranial cavity volume; Morphometry; Weight method

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN SIZE; CRANIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SKULL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CASTS, SURGICAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DENTAL CASTING TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKULL;

EID: 0032782805     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2990.1999.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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