Novel whole brain segmentation and volume estimation using quantitative MRI

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 998-1007

  West, J ^a,b   Warntjes, J B M ^a,b,c   Lundberg, P ^a,c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SyntheticMR ABE   (Sweden)

^c Paediatric Clinic   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain segmentation; Brain volume estimation; Partial volume; Quantitative MRI; Tissue classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SEGMENTATION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL RELAXATION RATE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; TRANSVERSE RELAXATION RATE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84861528910     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2336-7     Document Type: Article

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