A reliable and efficient method for cerebral ventricular volumetry in pediatric neuroimaging

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 376-382

  Hahn, Horst K ^a   Millar, W S ^b   Klinghammer, O ^a   Durkin, M S ^c   Tulipano, P K ^d   Peitgen, H O ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted image analysis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pediatrics; Periventricular leukomalacia

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LEUKOMALACIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PEDIATRICS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 6344292422     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633881     Document Type: Conference Paper

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