Automatic detection and quantification of hippocampal atrophy on MRI in temporal lobe epilepsy: A proof-of-principle study

NeuroImage

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-47

  Hammers, Alexander ^a,b   Heckemann, Rolf ^a,c   Koepp, Matthias J ^a,b   Duncan, John S ^b   Hajnal, Jo V ^c   Rueckert, Daniel ^c   Aljabar, Paul ^c  

^a MRC CLINICAL SCIENCES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; ATROPHY; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; SOFTWARE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 34247358222     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.02.031     Document Type: Article

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