Quantification of the human lateral geniculate nucleus in vivo using MR imaging based on morphometry: Volume loss with age

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 915-921

  Li, M ^a   He, Huiguang ^a   Shi, W ^b   Li, J ^b   Lv, B ^a   Wang, C H ^a   Miao, Q W ^a   Wang, Z C ^b   Wang, N L ^b   Walter, M ^c   Sabel, B A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861164571     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2884     Document Type: Article

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