Mapping reliability in multicenter MRI: Voxel-based morphometry and cortical thickness

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1967-1982

  Schnack, Hugo G ^a   Van Haren, Neeltje E M ^a   Brouwer, Rachel M ^a   Van Baal, G Caroline M ^a   Picchioni, Marco ^b   Weisbrod, Matthias ^c   Sauer, Heinrich ^d   Cannon, Tyrone D ^e   Huttunen, Matti ^f   Lepage, Claude ^g   Collins, D Louis ^g   Evans, Alan ^g   Murray, Robin M ^b   Kahn, René S ^a   Hulshoff Pol, Hilleke E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain; Calibration; Cortical thickness; Heritability; MRI; Multi center; Multi site; Multicenter; Reliability; Voxel based morphometry (VBM)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CALIBRATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THALAMUS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 78649565050     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20991     Document Type: Article

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