In vivo structural imaging of the rat brain with a 3-T clinical human scanner

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 779-785

  Pfefferbaum, Adolf ^a,b   Adalsteinsson, Elfar ^b   Sullivan, Edith V ^b  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Hippocampus; MRI; Rat, brain; Segmentation; Ventricle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SCANNER; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 7044274251     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20181     Document Type: Article

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