Comparative assessment of statistical brain MR image segmentation algorithms and their impact on partial volume correction in PET

NeuroImage

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1591-1607

  Zaidi, Habib ^a   Ruest, Torsten ^a   Schoenahl, Frederic ^a   Montandon, Marie Louise ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; MRI; Partial volume effect; PET; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

DOPA; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WHITE MATTER;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 33748329435     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.05.031     Document Type: Article

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