Gray Matter Alterations in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Comparing Morphometry at the Voxel and Regional Level

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 866-874

  Gori, Ilaria ^a,b   Giuliano, Alessia ^a,b,c   Muratori, Filippo ^c,d   Saviozzi, Irene ^d   Oliva, Piernicola ^b,e   Tancredi, Raffaella ^d   Cosenza, Angela ^d   Tosetti, Michela ^d   Calderoni, Sara ^d   Retico, Alessandra ^a  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^e SEZIONE DI CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Classification; Feature extraction; Machine learning; Magnetic resonance imaging; Support vector machines

Indexed keywords

BRAIN EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 84944512339     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon.12280     Document Type: Article

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