Automatic segmentation of the brain and intracranial cerebrospinal fluid in T1-weighted volume MRI scans of the head, and its application to serial cerebral and intracranial volumetry

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 872-884

  Lemieux, Louis ^a,b   Hammers, Alexander ^a,c   Mackinnon, Toby ^c   Liu, Rebecca S N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ITERATIVE METHODS; NEUROLOGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

AUTOMATIC ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; BRAIN SEGMENTATION; CEREBRO SPINAL FLUIDS; DIGITAL PHANTOMS; ITS APPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY MAPS; REPRODUCIBILITIES;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SIZE; CALCULATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0037406498     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10436     Document Type: Article

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