Modeling brain tissue volumes over the lifespan: Quantitative analysis of postmortem weights and in vivo MR images

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 716-720

  Riddle, William R ^a   DonLevy, Susan C ^b   Lee, Haakil ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pediatric Nurse Practitioner   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain weight; Gray matter; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFANT; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LIFESPAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER; AGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; LONGEVITY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGEVITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952956202     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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