Measuring the dynamic longitudinal cortex development in infants by reconstruction of temporally consistent cortical surfaces

NeuroImage

Volumn 90, Issue , 2014, Pages 266-279

  Li, Gang ^a   Nie, Jingxin ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Shi, Feng ^a   Gilmore, John H ^b   Lin, Weili ^a   Shen, Dinggang ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cortical folding; Cortical surface reconstruction; Cortical thickness; Infant; Longitudinal development

Indexed keywords

CORTICAL FOLDING; CORTICAL SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION; CORTICAL THICKNESS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL DEVELOPMENT;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE;

EID: 84893631364     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.12.038     Document Type: Article

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