Estimation of cerebral surface area using vertical sectioning and magnetic resonance imaging: A stereological study

Brain Research

Volumn 1310, Issue , 2010, Pages 29-36

  Acer, Niyazi ^a   Çankaya, Mehmet Niyazi ^b   Işçi, Öznur ^b   Baş, Orhan ^c   Çamurdanoǧlu, Mehmet ^d   Turgut, Mehmet ^e  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Mu la State Hospital   (Turkey)

^e ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebral surface area; MRI; Stereology; Vertical section technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; VERTICAL SECTION TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; ORGAN SIZE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73149118919     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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