Rapid semi-automatic segmentation of the spinal cord from magnetic resonance images: Application in multiple sclerosis

NeuroImage

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 446-455

  Horsfield, Mark A ^a   Sala, Stefania ^b   Neema, Mohit ^c   Absinta, Martina ^b   Bakshi, Anshika ^c   Sormani, Maria Pia ^d   Rocca, Maria A ^b   Bakshi, Rohit ^c   Filippi, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL CORD; ALGORITHM; ATROPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ATROPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77952294568     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.12.121     Document Type: Article

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