Mapping the relative contribution of gray matter activity vs. volume in brain PET: A new approach

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 224-235

  Berkouk, K ^a   Quarantelli, M ^b   Prinster, A ^b   Landeau, B ^a   Alfano, B ^b   Baron, J C ^c,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FDG; Magnetic resonance imaging; Partial volume effect; Positron emission tomography; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; VIRTUAL REALITY; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SCINTISCANNING;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 33748464610     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2006.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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