Current trends in shape and texture analysis in neurology: Aspects of the morphological substrate of volume and wiring transmission

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-107

  Rocchi, Marco B L ^a   Sisti, Davide ^a   Albertini, Maria Cristina ^a   Teodori, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neuromorphometry; Scalar transform techniques; Shape analysis

Indexed keywords

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL SHAPE; ENERGY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROLOGY; NEURONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34548711742     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.04.001     Document Type: Review

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