A novel tool for the morphometry analysis of corpus callosum: Applications to the diagnosis of autism

46th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium and 46th International ISA Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation Symposium 2009

Volumn 476, Issue , 2009, Pages 442-448

  Vatta, F ^a   Mininel, S ^a   Colafati, G S ^b,c   D'Errico, L ^d   Malena, S ^b   Di Salle, F ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism; Corpus callosum; Imaging; Morphometry; MRI

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL LANDMARKS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS; AUTOMATED ANALYSIS; AUTOMATED APPLICATIONS; BRAIN CONNECTIVITY; CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS; CLINICAL INVESTIGATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORTICAL REGIONS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; HEALTHY CONTROLS; KEY FEATURE; MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; NATURAL TARGETS; NOVEL METHODS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POST PROCESSING; REPETITIVE PATTERN; SIZE AND SHAPE; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE;

AUTOMATION; INSTRUMENTS; LANDFORMS;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 72849148735     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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