Automatic statistical shape analysis of cerebral asymmetry in 3D T1-weighted magnetic resonance images at vertex-level: Application to neuroleptic-naïve schizophrenia

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 676-687

  Pepe, Antonietta ^a   Zhao, Lu ^b   Koikkalainen, Juha ^c   Hietala, Jarmo ^d,e   Ruotsalainen, Ulla ^a   Tohka, Jussi ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^d TURKU PET CENTRE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Automatic; Neuroleptic na ve schizophrenia; Statistical shape asymmetry

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEARING DISORDER; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SHAPE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BRAIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877149101     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2012.10.021     Document Type: Article

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