Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 194, Issue 1 , Pages 35-40 , 15 February 2002

A new rapid landmark-based regional MRI segmentation method of the brain

  • A.L.W Bokde

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    • Dementia and Neuroimaging Section, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
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  • S.J Teipel

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Tel.: +49-89-5160-5860; fax: +49-89-5160-5856
    • Dementia and Neuroimaging Section, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
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  • Y Zebuhr

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    • Dementia and Neuroimaging Section, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
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  • G Leinsinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
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  • L Gootjes

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    • Dementia and Neuroimaging Section, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
    • Department of Clinical Neuropsychology, Free University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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  • R Schwarz

      Affiliations

    • Dementia and Neuroimaging Section, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
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  • K Buerger

      Affiliations

    • Dementia and Neuroimaging Section, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
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  • P Scheltens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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  • H.-J Moeller

      Affiliations

    • Dementia and Neuroimaging Section, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
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  • H Hampel

      Affiliations

    • Dementia and Neuroimaging Section, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
    • Co-corresponding author.

Received 2 July 2001 ,Revised 2 November 2001 ,Accepted 6 November 2001.

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Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 194, Issue 1 , Pages 35-40 , 15 February 2002

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