Bias in tensor based morphometry Stat-ROI measures may result in unrealistic power estimates

NeuroImage

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-4

  Thompson, Wesley K ^a,b   Holland, Dominic ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b San Diego   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Bias; Clinical trials; MRI biomarkers; Nonlinear image registration; Regional change quantification

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE NEUROIMAGING INITIATIVE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICALLY DEFINED REGIONS OF INTEREST; TENSOR BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 79956199973     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.11.092     Document Type: Note

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