Logical circularity in voxel-based analysis: Normalization strategy may induce statistical bias

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 745-759

  Tustison, Nicholas J ^a   Avants, Brian B ^b   Cook, Philip A ^b   Kim, Junghoon ^c   Whyte, John ^c   Gee, James C ^b   Stone, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MOSS REHABILITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Image registration; Methodological bias; Morphometry; Nonindependent analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84893815123     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22211     Document Type: Article

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