Evaluation of a new approach for semi-Automatic segmentation of the cerebellum in patients with multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2673-2680

  Weier, Katrin ^a   Beck, Andreas ^b   Magon, Stefano ^a   Amann, Michael ^a   Naegelin, Yvonne ^a   Penner, Iris K ^a   Thü rling, Markus ^c   Aurich, Volker ^d   Derfuss, Tobias ^d   Radue, Ernst Wilhelm ^e   Stippich, Christoph ^a   Kappos, Ludwig ^a   Timmann, Dagmar ^a   Sprenger, Till ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Beck Datentechnik   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^e HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellar atrophy; Grey matter; Multiple sclerosis; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECCET SOFTWARE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FREESURFER SOFTWARE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLUM; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ORGAN SIZE; PILOT PROJECTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872108836     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6569-4     Document Type: Article

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