Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders using regional and interregional morphological features

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3414-3430

  Wee, Chong Yaw ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Shi, Feng ^a   Yap, Pew Thian ^a   Shen, Dinggang ^a,b  

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

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD); Interregional features; Limbic system; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Multiple kernel learning (MKL); Regional features; Rightward asymmetry

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; KERNEL METHOD; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; PARACENTRAL GYRUS; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; WHITE MATTER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CLINICAL TRIAL; IMAGE PROCESSING; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902142587     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22411     Document Type: Article

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