Methodological issues in volumetric magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in the Edinburgh High Risk Project

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-44

  Whalley, Heather C ^a   Kestelman, Julia N ^a   Rimmington, J Ewen ^a   Kelso, Andrew ^a   Abukmeil, Suheib S ^a   Best, Jonathan J K ^a   Johnstone, Eve C ^a   Lawrie, Stephen M ^a  

^a ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follow up; MRI; Reliability; Schizophrenia; Structural imaging; Thresholding; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0033399518     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4927(99)00012-8     Document Type: Article

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