Accurate automated detection of autism related corpus callosum abnormalities

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 929-939

  El Baz, Ayman ^a   Elnakib, Ahmed ^a   Casanova, Manuel F ^b   Gimel'Farb, Georgy ^c   Switala, Andrew E ^b   Jordan, Desha ^a   Rainey, Sabrina ^a  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Autism; Corpus callosum; Modeling; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; AUTISM; AUTOMATION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856232167     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-010-9510-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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