Effect of scanner in asymmetry studies using diffusion tensor imaging

NeuroImage

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1053-1062

  Takao, Hidemasa ^a   Hayashi, Naoto ^a   Ohtomo, Kuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Bias; Drift; Reliability; Reproducibility; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78649664451     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.09.023     Document Type: Article

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