Application of a multifractal analysis to study brain white matter abnormalities of schizophrenia on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-188

  Takahashi, Tetsuya ^a   Kosaka, Hirotaka ^a   Murata, Tetsuhito ^a   Omori, Masao ^b   Narita, Kosuke ^a   Mitsuya, Hironori ^a   Takahashi, Koichi ^c   Kimura, Hirohiko ^a   Wada, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral asymmetry; Clinical symptoms; Multifractal; Schizophrenia; T2 MRI; White matter structure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61349108025     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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