Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 716-720 , June 2010

Modeling brain tissue volumes over the lifespan: quantitative analysis of postmortem weights and in vivo MR images

  • William R. Riddle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. R-1311, Medical Center North, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-2675, USA. Tel.: +1 615 322 2432; fax: +1 615 322 3764.
    • ,
  • Susan C. DonLevy

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Nashville, TN, USA
    • ,
  • Haakil Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Received 10 July 2009 ,Accepted 5 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2010.01.003

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 716-720 , June 2010

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