Automated segmentation and measurement of global white matter lesion volume in patients with multiple sclerosis

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 799-807

  Alfano, Bruno ^a,b   Brunetti, Arturo ^a   Larobina, Michele ^a   Quarantelli, Mario ^a   Tedeschi, Enrico ^a   Ciarmiello, Andrea ^a   Covelli, Eugenio M ^a   Salvatore, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Multiple sclerosis; Segmentation; Volume measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0033661483     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2586(200012)12:6<799::aid-jmri2>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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