A knowledge-driven algorithm for a rapid and automatic extraction of the human cerebral ventricular system from MR neuroimages

NeuroImage

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 269-282

  Xia, Yan ^a   Hu, Qingmao ^a   Aziz, Aamer ^a   Nowinski, Wieslaw L ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Brain; Extraction; MRI; Ventricular system

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 1642451925     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2003.09.029     Document Type: Article

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