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Evaluation of Automatic Measurement of the Intracranial Volume Based on Quantitative MR Imaging

K. Ambarki, T. Lindqvist, A. Wåhlin, E. Petterson, M.J.B. Warntjes, R. Birgander, J. Malm and A. Eklund
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2012, 33 (10) 1951-1956; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3067
K. Ambarki
aFrom the Department of Radiation Science (K.A., T.L., A.W., R.B., A.E.)
bCenter for Biomedical Engineering and Physics (K.A., A.W., A.E.)
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T. Lindqvist
aFrom the Department of Radiation Science (K.A., T.L., A.W., R.B., A.E.)
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A. Wåhlin
aFrom the Department of Radiation Science (K.A., T.L., A.W., R.B., A.E.)
bCenter for Biomedical Engineering and Physics (K.A., A.W., A.E.)
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E. Petterson
dSyntheticMR ABE, (E.P., M.J.B.W.), Linköping, Sweden
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M.J.B. Warntjes
dSyntheticMR ABE, (E.P., M.J.B.W.), Linköping, Sweden
eCenter for Medical Image Science and Visualization (M.J.B.W.), Linköping University, Linkoping, Sweden.
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R. Birgander
aFrom the Department of Radiation Science (K.A., T.L., A.W., R.B., A.E.)
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J. Malm
cDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences (J.M.), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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A. Eklund
aFrom the Department of Radiation Science (K.A., T.L., A.W., R.B., A.E.)
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Nov 2012, 33 (10) 1951-1956; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3067
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