Investigation of the spatial correlation in human white matter and the influence of age using 3-dimensional variography applied to MP-RAGE data

NeuroImage

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1374-1383

  Keil, Fabian ^a   Oros Peusquens, Ana Maria ^a   Shah, N Jon ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ageing; MP RAGE; Spatial correlation; Variogram; White matter changes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MP RAGE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL VARIOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866161886     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.07.034     Document Type: Article

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