Label-fusion-segmentation and deformation-based shape analysis of deep gray matter in multiple sclerosis: The impact of thalamic subnuclei on disability

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4193-4203

  Magon, Stefano ^a   Chakravarty, M Mallar ^b,c   Amann, Michael ^a   Weier, Katrin ^a   Naegelin, Yvonne ^a   Andelova, Michaela ^a   Radue, Ernst Wilhelm ^a   Stippich, Christoph ^a   Lerch, Jason P ^d,e   Kappos, Ludwig ^a   Sprenger, Till ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain volume; MRI; Neuroimaging; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORPUS STRIATUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER LESION; AGED; BOOK; BRAIN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ATLASES AS TOPIC; BRAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THALAMIC NUCLEI; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904019469     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22470     Document Type: Article

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