Segmentation of thalamic nuclei using a modified k-means clustering algorithm and high-resolution quantitative magnetic resonance imaging at 1.5 T

NeuroImage

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-126

  Deoni, Sean C L ^a   Rutt, Brian K ^b,c   Parrent, Andrew G ^b,c,d   Peters, Terry M ^b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Image segmentation; Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging; T1; T2; Thalamic nuclei

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 33751359481     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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