Feasibility of grey matter and white matter segmentation of the upper cervical cord in vivo: A pilot study with application to magnetisation transfer measurements

NeuroImage

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1054-1059

  Yiannakas, M C ^a   Kearney, H ^a   Samson, R S ^a   Chard, D T ^a   Ciccarelli, O ^a   Miller, D H ^a   Wheeler Kingshott, C A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical cord; Cross sectional area; Grey matter; Image segmentation; MTR; Volume measurements; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866073272     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.07.048     Document Type: Article

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