Localization of the subthalamic nucleus: Optimization with susceptibility-weighted phase MR imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1717-1724

  Vertinsky, A T ^a   Coenen, V A ^a,b   Lang, D J ^a   Kolind, S ^a   Honey, C R ^a   Li, D ^a   Rauscher, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349894964     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1669     Document Type: Article

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