Characterization of cortical thickness and ventricular width in normal aging: A morphometric study at 3 Tesla

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 513-519

  Preul, Christoph ^a,b   Hund Georgiadis, Margret ^a   Forstmann, Birte U ^a   Lohmann, Gabriele ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 Tesla MRI; Cortical thickness; Morphometry; Normal aging; Ventricular width

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHM; ANTERIOR HORN INDEX; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; THIRD VENTRICULAR WIDTH; VENTRICULAR BODY INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33748371626     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20665     Document Type: Article

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