Validation of intracranial area as a surrogate measure of intracranial volume when using clinical MRI

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-77

  Nandigam, R N Kaveer ^a   Chen, Yu Wei ^b   Gurol, Mahmut E ^c   Rosand, Jonathan ^a   Greenberg, Steven M ^a   Smith, Eric E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracranial area; Intracranial volume; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKULL;

EID: 33846120110     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2006.00069.x     Document Type: Article

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