The assessment of postmortem brain volume; A comparison of stereological and planimetric methodologies

Neuroradiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 493-496

  Cotter, D ^a   Miszkiel, K ^b   Al Sarraj, S ^a   Wilkinson, I D ^b   Paley, M ^b   Harrison, M J G ^b   Hall Craggs, M A ^b   Everall, I P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Planimetry; Stereology

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLANIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY;

AGED; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0032803720     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050789     Document Type: Article

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