An algorithm for optimal fusion of atlases with different labeling protocols

NeuroImage

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 451-463

  Iglesias, Juan Eugenio ^a   Sabuncu, Mert Rory ^b,d   Aganj, Iman ^b   Bhatt, Priyanka ^c   Casillas, Christen ^c   Salat, David ^b   Boxer, Adam ^c   Fischl, Bruce ^b,d   Van Leemput, Koen ^b,e,f  

^a BASQUE CENTER ON COGNITION   (Spain)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Label fusion; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; HUMAN; MULTIPROTOCOL LABEL FUSION ALGORITHM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUBCORTEX; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; FACTUAL DATABASE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGING; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84920145642     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.11.031     Document Type: Article

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