On the efficiency of stereologic volumetry as commonly implemented for three-dimensional digital images

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-64

  Black, Kevin J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted; Image processing; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stereology; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROCOMPUTERS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 0033593799     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4927(99)00003-7     Document Type: Article

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