Dependence of computed tomography volume measurements upon section thickness: An application to human dry skulls

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 479-485

  Sahin, Bunyamin ^a   Mazonakis, Michael ^b   Akan, Huseyin ^a   Kaplan, Suleyman ^a   Bek, Yuksel ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IRAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cavalieri principle; Computed tomography; Intracranial volume; Section thickness; Skull

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL SCINTISCANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 50949093881     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20664     Document Type: Article

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