Allometric scaling of brain regions to intra-cranial volume: An epidemiological MRI study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 151-164

  de Jong, Laura W ^a   Vidal, Jean Sébastien ^b,c   Forsberg, Lars E ^d   Zijdenbos, Alex P ^e   Haight, Thaddeus ^f   Sigurdsson, Sigurdur ^g   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^g   van Buchem, Mark A ^a   Launer, Lenore J ^f  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Paris Descartes University   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^g ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

Author keywords

ADNI; AGES Reykjavik; allometry; brain; CARDIA; cortex; intra cranial volume; MRI; striatum; thalamus; white matter

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL BIAS; WHITE MATTER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; IMAGE PROCESSING; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY; SEX FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALGORITHMS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 85003758627     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23351     Document Type: Article

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