Stereological evaluation of the volume and volume fraction of intracranial structures in magnetic resonance images of patients with Alzheimer's disease

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 186-195

  Bas, Orhan ^a   Acer, Niyazi ^b   Mas, Nuket ^a   Karabekir, Hamit Selim ^a   Kusbeci, Ozge Yilmaz ^a   Sahin, Bunyamin ^c  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Cavalieri principle; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stereology; Volume estimation; Volume ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEREOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

TULIP BREAKING VIRUS;

EID: 62549088640     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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