The pineal volume: a three-dimensional volumetric study in healthy young adults using 3.0 T MR data

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 655-660

  Sun, Bo ^a   Wang, Dan ^a   Tang, Yuchun ^a   Fan, Lingzhong ^a   Lin, Xiangtao ^a   Yu, Taifei ^b   Qi, Hengtao ^b   Li, Zhenping ^a   Liu, Shuwei ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Shandong Medical Imaging Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance (MR); Pineal cyst; Pineal gland; Volume; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL GLAND; PINEALOMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349322398     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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