Neuroimaging in aphasia treatment research: Consensus and practical guidelines for data analysis

NeuroImage

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 215-224

  Meinzer, Marcus ^a,b   Beeson, Pélagie M ^c   Cappa, Stefano ^d   Crinion, Jenny ^e   Kiran, Swathi ^f   Saur, Dorothee ^g   Parrish, Todd ^h   Crosson, Bruce ^b   Thompson, Cynthia K ⁱ  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^h NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Brain lesions; Language recovery; Stroke; Structural anatomy

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BOLD SIGNAL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROIMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

APHASIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONSENSUS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROIMAGING; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84875267217     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.02.058     Document Type: Review

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