Fully automatic segmentation of the brain from T1-weighted MRI using Bridge Burner algorithm

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1235-1241

  Mikheev, Artem ^a   Nevsky, Gregory ^a   Govindan, Siddharth ^a   Grossman, Robert ^a   Rusinek, Henry ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Image analysis; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Morphometry; Neuroimaging; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; BRIDGE BURNER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MENINX; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44449167622     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21372     Document Type: Article

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