A template-based automatic skull-stripping approach for mouse brain MR microscopy

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-11

  Lin, Lan ^a   Wu, Shuicai ^a   Yang, Chunlan ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain surface extraction; MRM; Non brain tissue removal; Skull stripping

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; EXTRACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMALS; NEUROIMAGING; TISSUE;

BRAIN SURFACE; BRAIN SURFACE EXTRACTION; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN VOLUME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE MICROSCOPY; NON-BRAIN TISSUE REMOVAL; SIMILARITY INDICES; SKULL STRIPPING; SURFACE EXTRACTION; TISSUE REMOVAL;

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84871656998     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.22128     Document Type: Article

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