Semiautomated volumetry of the cerebrum, cerebellum-brain stem, and temporal lobe on brain magnetic resonance images

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 104-114

  Hayashi, Norio ^a,b   Sanada, Shigeru ^b   Suzuki, Masayuki ^b   Matsuura, Yukihiro ^a   Kawahara, Kazuhiro ^a   Tsujii, Hideo ^a   Yamamoto, Tomoyuki ^a   Matsui, Osamu ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain MRI; Cerebellum brain stem; Cerebrum; Semiautomated segmentation; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRUM; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 46449123088     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: 18625274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-007-0200-0     Document Type: Article

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