Cerebellar atrophy in essential tremor using an automated segmentation method

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1240-1243

  Cerasa, A ^a   Messina, D ^a,b   Nicoletti, G ^a,b   Novellino, F ^b   Lanza, P ^a   Condino, F ^a   Arabia, G ^a   Salsone, M ^b   Quattrone, Aldo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CEREBELLUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MYOCLONIC CEREBELLAR DYSSYNERGIA; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67449143724     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1544     Document Type: Article

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