A practical clinical method to quantify language lateralization in fMRI using whole-brain analysis

NeuroImage

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2937-2949

  Jones, Stephen E ^a   Mahmoud, Shamseldeen Y ^a   Phillips, Micheal D ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Language lateralization, fMRI; Lateralization index

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WADA TEST;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650961750     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.10.052     Document Type: Article

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