MRI-based morphometric analysis of posterior cranial fossa in the diagnosis of chiari malformation type I

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 250-256

  Urbizu, Aintzane ^a   Poca, Maria Antonia ^b   Vidal, Xavier ^b   Rovira, Alex ^b   Sahuquillo, Juan ^b   Macaya, Alfons ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation type I; Morphometry; MRI; ROC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POSTERIOR FOSSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALOCELE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899619293     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon.12007     Document Type: Article

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